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People and a response to the government, but it was also a message to russia in terms of its support for assad. it could go after russias support for assad. you can put more sanctions on russia, you can shame them at the united nations, but is there any action thats large enough that would make a difference against russia that president trump would be willing to support, im not necessarily sure, but thats something theyll be talking about tomorrow. >> josh, we have seen strong language from both...

Has limited control at this point. and poisoned gas can be an effective way of forcing people to submit. and i think he saw that the price was one he was unwilling to pay, and i think thats a really unfortunate lesson the world has sent not only to syria, but to any other regime that might be thinking about this. and in a larger sense we need to be thinking about what comes next. and how it looks as if assad is fundamentally winning the war in syria, we have to think about what a post war syria ...

Will have a long-term impact on the policy or assads calculations, but i disagree in the sense that i do think youre going to see something surgical and pointed from this administration in response. >> thank you both. >> i dont disagree with elise either, but if were waiting on president trump to see pictures of atrocities to prompt him to actually have a strategy, thats a sad commentary on united states foreign policy. >> thats another conversation, josh. >> it is another conversation, but i do...

Continuing the obama administration policy which is to continue to protect american civilians. i dont see any hope that thats going to change. >> and bottom line, assad, if it is determined to be the responsibility of the syrian government, this latest chemical attack was not deterred by that last strike by the u.s. but president trump is also blaming pue ining putin for thi what options does the u.s. have when it comes to putting pressure on russia? >> i mean theres not a lot of options, seriou...

Christoph, hes a columnist for the "new york times" whos written extensively about the plight of the syrian people during this awful civil war. nick, whats your reaction to what were hearing and seeing out of syria? >> its unconscionable of syria to use these weapons and in some sense maybe one could argue that the technology by which assad kills people, doesnt matter so much whether its bullets or bayonets or poisoned gas. but it does breach an international norm when he goes ahead and does thi...

By the russians. they are by far the most powerful player inside syria. theyre the ones that are going to call can shots on the ground. so right now we need to get investigative teams and medical help as this large operation to bus these rebels out continues. one thing that i want to point out, what youre seeing right now, those rebels exiting that area, thats one of the biggest victories by the assad government in this war, outside of the assad government winning back aleppo in 2016. which obvi...

And iran do not get a foothold. i think you might see john bolton look for some kind of strong response, i think the discussions right now, though, the immediate discussions, a small group of national security advisors meeting tomorrow will be limited to this attack. >> i went back and look, it was march 29, so a week ago thursday, president trump said he wanted u.s. troops out of syria soon, josh, republicans have said that is possible that may have triggered this attack. john mccain saying las...

Very similar attack. now he faces the same choice. back in 2013, president trump before he was a politician, before he was president had actually criticized obama for making threats to assad, drawing a line to assad that he ended up not enforcing. heres what he wrote back in 2013 on twitter. he said again to our very foolish leader, do not attack syria, if you do many very bad things will happen. from that fight the united states gets nothing. its an open question how far president trump is will...