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Wants to take credit for good things when they happen and blame generals when bad things happen. thats no way to lead a military, certainly the most powerful military in the world. >> you have a son in the marines. do you agree with that assessment? >> general mickelson made a battlefield call, no difference between dropping ten bombs together add up to the explosive force. >> it set a precedent. eight a big step. >> i dont know if its that big a step. anyway, whatever. the president should take...

Korea has gotten their hands on now, and continue to transfer the type of fuel that keeps the economy going. what were urging this president to do at this point is what was done once before with banco delta asia, that is shut down any foreign banks doing any kind of business in hard currency with north korea because when we last did that, we shut off the money for their program, and we shut it down tight as a drum. and i think thats the next step that has to be deployed. >> president trump was a...

Together add up to the explosive force. >> it set a precedent. its a big step >> i dont know if its that big a step. anyway, whatever. the president should take responsibility for the strategic decisions. i dont think you want a president micromanaging the generals in certain respects. the generals who are civilians now, general mattis and general mcmaster in the hole as military adviser. they have a long record of understanding that. mcmaster in iraq, jason knows this, one of the key advocates ...

Reactive. were in a punching match. they punched with chemical weapons. we decided to punch back. what happens next? we lose if we do that ultimat y ultimately. assad is weak. im not suggesting he is immediately. over the course of time, he may be labeled a pariah or too tough to bolster. iran, however, would probably not. that could over the course of time weaken assad. the united states should and must take advantage. >> david gregory. >> if you are waking up this morning, the obvious question...

The arab league partners. this was their alka-seltzer to the hangover. they taublked about boxing in assad for years. this was a plan four or five years ago when the other chemical weapons happened. you cant look at it as the strike on this air base. it was surgical. it was designed to strike facilitate loading and unloading and delivery of chemical weapons. that message was sent. assad got that one. it also told the russians. put them on notice. it told arab league partners the united states is...

Happen here. this will help issues in the middle east. it will bring back our arab league partners who are doubtful of u.s. resolve in helping solve this isis problem in western iraq and syria. in a way they hadnt seen in years. thats a good step. it allows us to remind folks like kim jong-un that were serious. when we say were going to do something, we will do something. that is a good place to get to good diplomatic outcome. we need to reset that table in the united states. this to me feeds in...

What we have is flexible deterrent options. when you look at an objective you want to achieve from u.s. military standpoint when our vital interests are threatened and weapons of mass destruction are used, we can do more. to me. this is exactly the right response because we have to remember that warfare is politics by another means. there is a political outcome we want which is for assad not to use chemical weapons. i would take it a step further. we have to have a plan now. im sure that plan is...

Changer yet until i talk to rex tillerson on tuesday and see if there are more serious implications. they will talk about safe zones? will they talk about regime targets or is this a deterrent attack saying you can kill civilians arebombs, but not chemical weapons? i think this is the right step to deter assad from chemical weapons. this is not a clear indication that america will take another big step in another middle eastern country. >> "spider" you have the message and you have in phil mudd ...

In the 90s and in the 2000s. >> i start off with a deep suspicion with anything that president trump does. in this case, i think this was the right thing. this is very similar to the plan that the obama administration originally had in 2013. when a country uses chemical weapons in taboo that the world has had for years, it is important to reinforce that taboo. the question is where do we go from here and do we use this leverage to reinforce that, i a taboo. >> do we need to take a step back and ...

Up in what many people call a he-said, she-said debate. so the evidence is crucial and the fact that its more expensive than some other what we might call simple crimes -- >> how big a step is this in the right direction? >> a huge step. i commend joe biden. its a bold move but its unsurprising coming from him. hes been such a great advocate for women. but i think its interesting to point out that the four republican senators running for office right now, cruz, paul, graham and rubio, all voted ...