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And the united states acted not as revenge, not as punishment, not as a symbolic show of force. we acted to deter the future use of chemical weapons by holding the syrian regime responsible for its atrocities against humanity. >> all right, joining me right now is retired rear admiral john kirby, a cnn military and diplomatic analyst, and he worked in both the state department and the pentagon. admiral, how did all of this unfold, in your view? >> very complicated operation but also well execute...

That sort of thing is at the essence of our republic. whereas major forge issues such as with syria and russia, is important. its important to do it right. and i think, generally speaking, they did. but i think losing our a buibil to have decent elections is far more serious, and we need to bring everything to bear, including making them very unhappy with the price of oil to help bring that about. >> is the timing of this strike at all curious to you one week after the alleged chemical attacks a...

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Maligned influence in our 2016 presidential campaign. we see russia engaged in trying to influence elections all around the world, not just the united states. one of the things we do here at the state department is harden our defenses around the world, the department of homeland security is hardening our defenses here at home with regard to election meddling. id love to host you here. >> thank you, id love to take you up on that. you also mentioned, under scored, diplomacy is still key. if this ...

All right, welcome back. just a short time ago, u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley spoke at a emergency meeting of the security council. >> and just as the syrian regimes use of chemical weapons last weekend was not an isolated incident, our response is part of a new course chartered last year to deter future use of chemical weapons. our syrian strategy has not changed. however, the syrian regime has forced us to take action based on their repeated use of chemical weapons. >> all right, let...

The capability to continue to carry out its war against its armed opposition, the united states, britain and france did act after the killing of more than 40 people in this alleged chemical attack outside of damascus, but lets keep in mind some basic facts. more than half a million people have been killed in the syrian civil yar. war. the vast majority of whom were killed by conventional weapons. the use of which has never really mobilized the united states and its western allies to do much at a...