it to level with the american people the cost and benefit. it is a matter of letting us know what we re in for if this is what we re doing. i think that s something the president owes all of us who are sitting by and watching him do this but then don t understand what plan b is. sean spicer said a red line is barrel bombing in syria. assad barrel bombs on a daily basis. are we going to bomb syria every time he does that? we need to know what the strategy is as is american people. shannon: the president will have to make that case to congress if he goes and asks for a war authorization. if we re moving in that direction. would it be helpful as julie said for him to make this case to the american people, public address or better to stay close to the vest and let the military action speak for itself? it is always important for the president to be communicating to the american people and the direction that he or she in the future want to take our country and how they
bombs, as horrific as the barrel bombing has been, it does occur on a daily basis, and that would signal a dramatic escalation. in terms of affecting change, a poll said 57% of people supported the missile strike but 18% support ground troops to syria. how concerned are you about this? well, listen, my concern is if somebody over there at the white house starts believing that this strike is a policy of moving forward to deal with syria. you can t get that confused. this is not a policy? this is not a polpolicy. one strike is not a policy. it s a message about keeping the norms of using chemical weapons. it had a benefit when you do have problems in north korea, when you have russians rattling their saber, when you have the chinese in the south china sea, it did say when i tell you i m going to do something or i see something that is rises to the level of military action, i will make that decision. this is a window of opportunity
barrientosism that comes out of that regime? will they double down on this and ask assad to increase civilian casualties by more barrel bombing to make the missile strike look like it was a pinprick and did nothing to stop the cannibalism and barbarism that is now in sir ja? bill: it s moscow s move and depending what they do depend on trump s answer. bill: iranians spooked russia to make the military intervention in syria. the oppositions were so successful in 2015. i tell you where the iranians come on this. assad doesn t go we ll use our proxies to conduct terrorist attacks against the united states. they already made that decision. a question of where and when. they take a totally different geopolitical view than russia does. this is their backyard. they intend to dominate the
want ground troops in the area. another remarkable statement that sean spicer delivered today at his briefing, elise, and it involved what is called barrel bombing. i want you to listen to this. yeah. if you gas a baby, if you put a barrel bomb in to innocent people, i think you can you will see a response from this president. that is unacceptable. that was pretty remarkable. right. because the barrel bombings have been going on. daley. almost daily for what, months if not years? it certainly is assad s weapon of choice, and if he was going to say that if you have a barrel bomb, we ll be striking, then the u.s. would be essentially striking every time that assad would bomb his people. i think, you know, he might have been confused about the language and also some of these barrel bombs do have chlorine use. they are filled with chlorine. they are filled with shrapnel and nails that can be dropped from helicopters hat relatively low levels and if it hits a school or
diplomatic solution. iran, russia and hezbollah are all backing the syrians. should the united states engage in that fight, you ve said here that we should respond in kind if there is barrel bombing and the like. should the united states pit itself against those three powers at the same time and do you have concerns about it spread something. the use of chemical weapons is outlawed internationally. that allow as certain response. barrel bombing is as well. i understand. again, i have no idea why the world didn t response. we re responding now. it s impossible for russia and iran to defend the use of chemical weapons. it was russia involved in precision bombing of hospitals and humanitarian envoys. the obama administration did nothing other than talk about serious consequences. this president produced real consequences. a very measured and very