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President trump first ordered and then called off a retaliatory strike. what do you think of the presidents move? >> chris, obviously, i think retaliatory strikes were warranted when were talking about foreign vessels on the high seas, i think theyre warranted against an american unmanned aircraft. what i see is iran steadily marching up the escalation chain. it started out with threats, went to attacks at sea and to an unmanned american aircraft. i fear were going to see an attack on a u.s. shi...

Heres what we know so far, the trump administration looking to choke their administration even further. more attacks on u.s. drones, and that conversation dominating the sunday show yesterday. >> im not looking for war, and if there is, there will be obliteration like youve never seen before. you cant have a nuclear weapon. >> there will be new sanctions. the world should know that we will continue to make sure its understood that we are denying iran the resources to implement terror. >> it is l...

Japan. so, look, i dont think we should have gotten out of the nuclear agreement, but at the same time i think iran is being provocative. but what is needed here is the campaign of maximum pressure but also diplomacy. get iran, get us to negotiating table at least to deescalate. leland: all right. as we noted, the president says hes ready to talk anytime. so far based on what the iranians have said so far, theyre not exactly too interested in that. this is what tom cotton said earlier on "fox ne...

This is not the first time a commander in chief or secretary of defense or regional commander has had to call back strike package or emission package, if you will. this is the first time weve had a president almost in real time tweet out that decision making. and it projects weakness. and of great concern and to the conversation regarding john bolt. this is john boltons wish, i believe. it reminds me of just after 9/11, john woodward reported on a meeting at camp david where all the principals w...

Security decision-making at such pivotal moments. this is not the first time a commander in chief or certainly a secretary of defense or regional commander has had to call back a strike package or a mission package, if you will. this is the first time that we have had a president almost in real time tweet out that decision-making. and it projects weakness. and of great concern. and to the conversation regarding john bolton, this is john boltons wish, i believe. it reminds me of just after 9/11 b...

President trump first ordered and then called off a retaliatory strike. what do you think of the presidents move? >> chris, obviously, i think retaliatory strikes were warranted when were talking about foreign vessels on the high seas, i think theyre warranted against an american unmanned aircraft. what i see is iran steadily marching up the escalation chain. it started out with threats, went to attacks at sea and to an unmanned american aircraft. i fear were going to see an attack on a u.s. shi...

President trump first ordered and then called off a retaliatory strike. what do you think of the presidents move? >> chris, obviously, i think retaliatory strikes were warranted when were talking about foreign vessels on the high seas, i think theyre warranted against an american unmanned aircraft. what i see is iran steadily marching up the escalation chain. it started out with threats, went to attacks at sea and to an unmanned american aircraft. i fear were going to see an attack on a u.s. shi...

Incremental escalation. we need to have a game changing action, and that is, no american boots on the ground. establish a safe zone. and to protect it, and to supply weapons to the right people in syria who are fighting for obviously the things we believe in. >> so, do these strikes provide enough pressure for these game changing actions in your opinion? >> i think the obama administration can see the same trajectory of the conflict that the israelis see, inside of syria. you know, moving up the...

We didnt think -- we thought that he was deterrable. assad isnt like that historically. assad is a man who isnt deterred. he pushes red lines. and right now hes pushing obamas red line, and theres a real division on what does america do to respond and not move up our own escalation chain and get sucked into a conflict in a fuller sense. >> and you have just asked the million-dollar question. and were going to get into it right after this. tylenol works by blocking pain signals to your brain baye...

Happened and keep assad from moving up the escalation chain. i think thats what the white house is asking now. how do you not get sucked into a conflict quickly where youre forced to escalate and do something that could make the situation worse and could also hurt the president politically. >> we shouldnt get stuck in a false binary influenced by the israeli air strike, that the choices here are what were doing now versus direct u.s. military, a la no-fly zone. there are options and thats where ...