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An attack on syria, were carefully watching iran and in particular, russia. i want to get your insight how russia is viewing this. how does russia interpret this? and specifically in tellers of how president trump has changed his tone on russia in the last week or so? >> well, you can look at the fact that vladimir putin, the russian president responded immediately after the strikes. which is pretty unusual for him, normally he waits a couple days. of course, he called this aggression. and we do...

That -- that announcement that says counterstrikes sounds less like air defenses. a counterstrike usually means a strike on the enemys positions. now, it would be extremely difficult for them to strike our ships. theyre very heavily protected. but what they could do is fly in zones where we have american troops or american allies like the kurds. thats entirely possible. but it sounds more like bluster. its very, very difficult to shoot down an incoming missile, rachel. >> colonel jack, we had an...

Indefinitely. the thought of peaceful diplomatic solution coming out of geneva would change out assad is a fantasy. he got where they wanted. he doesnt want a conflict with the united states after what he has achieved. it is a lot of bluster and no logic whatsoever. >> bill: ive known you for several years. i could hear it in your voice youre exasperated by all this arent you? >> yeah. im a little frustrated. i understand the delay dealing with the other countries. i think the president has comm...

By president trump. >> you cant see too well. >> in the president trump style. cnn has learned the presidents national security team will hammer out a strategy on syria. it is not clear if the president will attend the meeting. on wednesday, when president trump tweeted this, get ready, russia, syria. it was bluster. there was no plan in place for a response. here is press secretary sarah sanders. >> options and all of the options are still on the table. >> the president says get ready, russia...

Will attend the meeting. uk officials are expected to hold a similar meeting on wednesday and president trump tweeted get ready, russia. missiles will be coming. it was bluster. there was no plan in place for a response. here is press secretary sarah sanders defending the presidents threat. >> we are maintaining we have a number of options and all of those options are still on the table. >> the president says get ready, russia, they will be coming. how is that anything but an announcement of pen...

Him telegraphing plans is affecting him. >> if the president is trying to clean this up solely in reaction to the buzz around hypothetical is seu, that diminishes the seriousness of the role. this is why not only telegraphing but bluster via tweet is dangerous when it comes to matters in war and peace. this actually got way ahead of the policy process. hes applying a strategic lens on on the presidents thinking that doesnt necessarily seem to be there. theres a presser for release of a missile s...

A full court press collecting intelligence on russias actions right now military and diplomatic. and what they might do in response to our military action. >> sean: at this point with all the bluster from moscow, not putin himself, when russia starts pulling their ships out, they obviously dont want to be collateral damage or involved. would you say the threats they are making, moscow is making, to take our missiles out of the sky, is it an empty threat? >> i dont think so. i think what they may...

Reviewing all of this evidence. the evidence is very clear. what the president needs to do is to make sure that russia doesnt get away with this. that assad doesnt get away with this. there needs to be a response. there needs to be the complete grounding of the regimes air force immediately as quickly as possible. and the regime is trying to move all of its assets out of the way so that the president can hit those. and russia is trying to make threats against the united states of america. we sho...

Right now, military and diplomatic.te and what they might do in response to our military action. >> sean: at this point with all the bluster from moscow, not putin himself, when russia starts pulling their ships out, they obviously dont want to be collateral damage or involved. would you say the threats they are making, moscow is making, to take our missiles out of the sky, is it an empty threat?hr >> i dont think so. i think what they may be doing is trying to save face with syria as they remov...

Assad that some cruise missiles clearly cant. that going forward will have some different understanding about whats permitable and what isnt. in syria. if thats the outcome. the whole episode does remind us of the truth of what teddy roosevelt said -- speak softly and carry a big stick. drop the bluster. everybody knows were powerful. when you advertise it in a way that trump did, you just end up looking silly. if you decide perhaps for good reasons, to wait. >> mika, the fact that the president...