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Is a conservative and he never will be. deploy 160,000 troops into iraq. he is not going to do that into syria. this isnt about our president. he has no desire to do nation building. thats the farthest thing from his mind. so that sentiment remains. and i find it really disappointing that whether you are on the left or on the right. i have been up on twitter all night arguing with people who say they are conservative. whether you are on the left or the right, you have to understand this is a dif...

Retired green beret commanders lieutenant waltz and army special forces veteran jim hanson of the securities studies group. thank you for joining us this morning. general newton, let me start with you. first of all, your response to the level of fire power, the -- was the response commensurate with the violation? >> i believe it was. particularly it was a much more complex, i think a more lethal strike than what we saw last april of 2017. its a measured response. i think its been an effective re...

Griff: president says he is not interventionist but this is the second time he has taken action in syria. why does he feel its so important to take this action? pete: joining us now is dr. sebastian gorka fox news security strategist and deputy assistant to president trump. you are a perfect guest for this morning. a strike like, this take us inside the mind set and decision cycle of this president as he chooses to strike assad for the second time. >> well, first things first, peter. the preside...

North korea, what message does this send to north korea? the president obviously looking next month to sit down with kim jong un. >> one of the considerations for this strike was the message that it would send to regimes like north korea and to russia, specifically for the usage of chemical weapons even in the very limited context we have seen of assassinations. so this does reinforce that bright red line well outside the boundaries of syria. it also shows the administration is willing to follow...

This because some of the presidents supporters said he ran on nonintervention and america first. why are we bombing countries in the middle east? whats your take on how this settles within the presidents perspective? >> you know, its a fair question. and im a big supporter of the president. im also a big supporter of us kind of dialing back our global commitments militarily. so its tough for me to reconcile. you know, i think its kind of one of these foxconners rules of war scenario. dont go for...

What james mattis has to say and how we should move forward. pete: we heard him huddling with john bolton and john kelly as well. shocking, the president has critics and find at any moment any reason to attack him. in this particular case folks on the left came out sounding the drum we shouldnt be doing. this listen. >> striking syria at this point would be illegal without congressional authorization. >> in no way should he conduct this because this certainly would be an illegal strike and it wo...

Yeah, wow. not getting in today. not on my watch. pests never stop trying to get in. we never stop working to keep them out. terminix. defenders of home. the commute is worth it.me, the more you know you and that john deere tractor... you can keep dreaming up projects all the way home. its a longer drive. but just like a john deere, its worth it. abby: we are back with a fox news alert. this new video coming in showing damage believed to be the research center hit by the airstrikes in syria over...

Trump did two things successfully on that. griff: see on our screen brand new video. colonel waltz, let me ask you, if indeed what has been done is not enough to deter further attacks on the syrian people, what would another response look like in your opinion? >> well, on this strike, we went after the chemical capabilities. we went after a couple of storage facilities. we also went after a production facility. i think in a future strike, you know, which, by the way, all of those facilities, the...

In syria. i believe dictators shouldnt be able to gas their own people. we will enforce that when no one else in the world will do so. griff: the key here is the message being sent to russia in iran and whether or not what has been done, thought second strike in syria, to deter it from continuing, a problem dating all the way back to the obama administration. here is the president last night talking tough on russia in iran. >> i also have a message tonight for the two governments most responsibl...

Really got to help some of the opposition on the ground. and thats not what were doing right now. griff: you have some familiarity with this. walk us through how this decision will be made because clearly, there will have to be a larger plan. consequences of initial strike have to be seen. we dont know how exactly russia and iran will respond to this. and i think that one the big tensions right now that president trump is dealing with is the fact that his base does not want and i think quite hon...