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Impeding that, that is the deal, okay, that he wouldnt do that anymore. that it would be more difficult. it might even open fire on the troops if they found not. certainly, assad wont be happy that the u.s. is bombing his airfields. conceivably, that could happen. >> certainly, anything is conceivable. i cant imagine that assad bashar al- is going to escalate against the united states. >> bill: i would say it is a gamble. if there military action does launch, russian planes are ther there, too. ...

Hope the rest of the council is finally willing to do the same. >> bill: joining us now from washington, christopher harmer. and from boston, fox news military analyst, colonel david hunt, author of the new book "without mercy." colonel hunt, what you think is going to happen here? >> what i think is going to happen, the secretary of defense will meet this weekend, talk to the president, and ask or tell him, two options, strategic or attacking. one is wiped the entire air force off the map. if w...

Seeing it and it doesnt get any worse than that. i have that flexibility. it is very, very possible, and i will tell you it has already happened, that my attitude toward syria and assad has changed very much. >> that from the president in the rose garden with their jordanian king. shortly after a reporter asked the president, does this mean that this has crossed a line? remember, back in 2013, president obama said that a syrian criminal, chemical strike crossed a line. the united states acted wi...

This will heighten it. that has to be a consideration. >> bill: mr. harmer, do you see it that way? >> i dont see any heightened risk. they are already in country and fighting. the people that they are fighting against are overwhelmingly isis and al qaeda. they are not the targets of this potential strike. the targets of this is striker the ability of the assad regime to develop chemical weapons. in a relatively short. backup time, we could destroy the entirety of the syrian air force. prior to ...

>> announcer: "the oreilly factor," the number one cable news show for 16 years and counting. >> bill: thanks for staying with us. i am bill oreilly. and the "impact segment" tonight, where there be a war in syria? as you know come the time and assad, who runs the country, fighting a civil war to keep power aided by russia. this week, assad used poison gas to kill men, women, and children, at least 86 people have died. that prompted this from the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. >> when the united na...

For the amount of u.s. soldiers in point, and bombs, although they can be surgical, can be indiscriminate. how about week kill a couple of russians or hit a russian aircraft? >> bill: you have to let russia know ahead of time. if president trump doesnt do anything, he becomes like president obama. they let the gas go. assad has a history of it. he said he destroyed his cash of outlawed gas weapons, thats not true. all israeli intel and u.s. intel know that. if we let it go, then, trump looks wea...

There will be consequences and put u.s. forces, who are already deep inside to syria, at risk. >> bill: about 1,000 u.s. troops, i understand. when you say they will put them at risk, how clocks like the bombs arent going to fall on them. they will be targeted at the air force, which is in that bed, by the way. it was estimated that it would take one day for the u.s. forces to knock on the syrian air force. he had >> forces on the ground, that has been coordinated with assads forces on the russi...

Other international body gettin control of and verifying the control of those nuclear -- of those chemical and biological weapons. >> bill: assad wont use them again. >> for the time being obviously he wont. and in that sense that -- in the end he may still end up with with them unpunished that is undesirable outcome and the world with a will have seen the president backing down. so, you know, thats a loss the of credibility and that hurts the country and i think arguably the world. >> bill: all...

Other international body getting control of and verifying the control of those nuclear -- of those chemical and biological weapons. >> bill: assad wont use them again. >> for the time being obviously he wont. and in that sense that -- in the end he may still end up with with them unpunished that is undesirable outcome and the world with a will have seen the president backing down. so, you know, thats a loss the of credibility and that hurts the country and i think arguably the world. >> bill: al...

The ones to take over. how do you know that assad wont, for example, retaliate by striki striking israel. how do you know that they dont make a bigger project out of this. you want congress, key members of congress having your back as you go down a road filled with unintended consequences. >> call congress back in? >> absolutely. absolutely. >> charles? >> it is precisely because of all of those unknowns that if youre going to cross the line, youre going to cross the rubicon and enter into the w...