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>> cnns clarissa ward on the turkish border with syria right now. clarissa, there are these meetings going on in moscow right now between the united states and russia about the syrians and about the people that youve spent so much time with covering. there was some support for the actions taken by the u.s. last week, but as theyre watching whats going on in moscow right now, what are the people caught in the middle of this? what do the syrians want? >> reporter: i think if you talk to anyone, jo...

Has made, russia, getting back on the same page will be the logical step. >> the prime minister of great britain spoke yesterday with donald trump saying the west regards the current moment as a window of opportunity in which the russian federation at long last withdraws its support for syrian president bashar al-assad. >> is the meeting with vladimir putin set? we dont know that will happen yet? >> nothing on the schedule for rex to listen to meet with vladimir putin but a foreign minister, you...

Dropping bombs on another country is war. we have to think about what are the ramifications. what may happen from this. will assad reform? will assad get worse? if assad is toppled, will be people who replace him be better or worse? >> two different views right there. joining me is silvia brelly. hearing two sides there. this was war, this was legal. nato backing trump. putting the political aside, legally, could he do this? >> u.s. law does allow the president some leeway to arespond to attacks...

Kinetic action is not war. i think thats difficult. i think most regular americans sitting at home watching the tv would understand dropping bombs on another nation to be war. im not saying that what syria did wasnt atroe shus and that we wrrpb aghast at the pictures of babies and children suffering from nerve gas. we have to understand we will be sending our young men, we have some over there already. they are there in the middle of this. really dont they deserve that we obey the constitution a...

Post-apocolyptic nightmare of a city that has been bombarded for months. >> its cold and they cant get food and water and are not being accepted anywhere. the obama administration essentially blames the assad regime, blames the russians, blames the iranians, but isnt what we are seeing right now, you called this five years in the making, isnt this catastrophe we are watching right now, wasnt it more or less predictable? doesnt the obama administration have to accept some responsibility for it? >...

To fear for their lives. we never wanted anybody to leave aleppo because we didnt want the city to be under siege as it has been. >> we know the syrian military is going after all sorts of sites in aleppo, around aleppo. ill ask what i asked fred pleitgen. what is the russian role as far as you know, john. right now, how much of a military offensive are they taking part in this assault? >> i think freds reporting very much tracks with what we know and what information we have about russias role....

Without grabbing the resources of those we defeated. and donald trump made a point of emphasis in this campaign, saying we should have kept the oil. so a couple clear shots there, but colonel jack, what did you make of that? >> one thing to keep in mind is that dropping bombs on people is exactly the strategy this presidents used. doesnt make it a bad thing. its been very, very successful, as a matter of fact. targeted strikes on the infrastructure of isis has paid big dividends and he said so h...

One is to signal that help is on the way. the other is to get some of the fighters out of there. >> yeah. i think there is a little confusion here on the distinction between tactical surprise which you dont want to give up. dont let an opponent know at this moment well start dropping bombs, this is where the s.e.a.l.s. come in, this is where the helicopter wave arrives. dont give up tactical surprise. strategic maneuvers, strategic dialogue to accomplish what you mentioned as well as to make the...

Conflict. time to look to start helping these people instead of just bombing them. we have to start helping the refugees in jordan and turkey and bringing more refugees home. i mean, continuing this war fare is senseless. all were doing, obviously, the russians are not going to go away. this is their clients state. i dont know why somebody hasnt realized that yet. but this is not going to end well in the united states if we keep on dropping bombs. >> the concern of helping on the ground is that ...

Rebels failed. >> the ones in the fight is -- were talking four or five. >> u.s.-led airstrikes took out the man who beheaded hosages in propaganda videos. >> were reasonably certain that we killed the target that we intended to kill, which is jihady john. >> but the situation grew more complicated as russia started dropping bombs. president vladimir putin coordinating airstrikes we syrian dictator bashar al-assad. >> their basic theory how to solve syria has not worked and will not work. >> rus...