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You could have a precision strike against one target as a symbol of, hey, knock it off, dont do that anymore like weve done in other nations, a single precision strike might create a massive retaliation, and just like with what was just talked about, precise language is critically important. you can go back in history and find dozens of instances where diplomats or military wrong terms created war, as recently as "desert storm." a misunderstanding of an ambassador while talking to saddam hussein...

>> yeah, basically we have three options here. one is a massive military strike or a subset of that, ali, would be a precision strike to decapitate kim jong un. thats a bad option because it will lead to a sea of fire on the korean peninsula. option number two, the diplomacy we just talked about. option number three, your point, we need to increase kim jong uns understanding of the fact that if he begins to manifest anything that resembles a use of one of these nuclear weapons including the mini...

You do not have to get that close. high altitude shot, and i can take out the entire coast. >> trish: this is a game changer. >> yes, it is. >> trish: we have to do something now. we cannot sit on our hands like we have as you pointed out for the last ten years. allow them to go at it. we have to do something. what are the options, colonel? >> as general dunford said recently, military options are on the table. that includes a full spectrum of capabilities. precision strike to actual heavy duty,...

Were talking about basically groups of insurgents working globally. we have to have precision strike. as the general was saying, the precision strike piece of this is very important. what this carrier has done has been able to give us a finer edge and more precision to deliver that. were talking about next generation weapons. were talking about kinetic weapons. were talking about magnetic rail technology which will simplify the whole process. david: right. >> but again i dont see that as critica...

Welcome back. a cnn exclusive now, a rare look at war ravaged raqqah, the last isis strong hold inside syria and the next potential target for president trump. these satellite images obtained by cnn revealing isis flags and check points, severed bridges and tactics isis uses to disguise the movements of its fighters. its remarkable and revealing set of pictures. nick paton walsh has been monitoring these pictures and the latest developments live from erbil, iraq. >> this is the next city in the ...

Are saying this is a pretty -- if you ever want to strike anything with cruise missiles this was the good place to do it. it had the right flight path, able to do a precision strike. whats really more interesting to me talking about the politics of this earlier is how -- this is the exact thing that a lot of national security watchers and professionals, including liberals, including obama types have been wanting for several years, something between the big giant iraq war of george w. bush and th...

Might do and put our pilots and our navy personnel and our soldiers on the ground at risk. so i think thats incredibly important. and then we also didnt mother may i to the russians like we have the last 8 years. pete: colonel, a lot of people looking at this strike very targeted precision strike against one facility based on chemical use. >> right. pete: there is also speculation about the future of assad: could we have taken out all of his air assets and airfields? whats the tipping point to w...

Lib province, maybe a more general cease fire. it could take years. but you have to start somewhere, and thats the comparative advantage of the united states because we can bring the turks, the sunni arabs and the europeans into this and have some international support. and, greta, you were right earlier. the russians are complicity. they have blood on their hands. they assured the world in 2013 that syria would take out its chemical weapons. they obviously didnt. the syrians liedit it and the r...

Had no problem talking for about two and a half minutes last night. >> appreciate it. >> busy days ahead. >> lets bring in national security analyst. first of all, your take on the decisive action, the air strikes the took yesterday. and some of the outcome from it. >> first of all, i am stunned that actually happened. this is such a change from president trumps rhetoric on the campaign trail and things that he said previously. this is a flip-flop that i very much welcome. this was a precision s...

Target 11 individuals specifically in the company specifically. its how the u.s. government is deeply analyzing north korea and finding every possible to apply at the elements of national power. diplomacy military and accountability. the economic attack albeit small but a precision strike against north koreas news program to all these entities and accompanying those guys were there to further north koreas nuke program. arthel: colonel utterback i appreciate your time and the war to talking to ag...