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Shaking your head no, why? >> the vietnam comparison just cant be thrown in there because this is a strike on one air base. i mean, this is a very measured strike. and it was done so humanely that we let the russians know to get out of there and even done to minimize casualties to assads forces. so all the hysteria seeing on social media about world war iii is starting and were going to have a war with russia was just dramatic political hysteria we have seen on daily basis since trump became pre...

What used to be syria and iraq and the middle east. and we need to think about how to e4reu78 nate isis in a way that minimizes the upside impact for assad, for hezbollah. for the baghdad regime and for iran. so this strike against assads regime i think is very important for the beginning of constructing the post isis middle east. i think for the larger world i couldnt imagine anything being more convenient than this strike occurring while president trump was having dinner with president xi jinp...

Spokespeople in turkey and kwat qatar, of course. today is likely the news they have been waiting for and hoping for for years now. >> what about rebel groups? >> cnn did speak with a rebel activist that was documenting some of the aftermath of the chemical strike. they are surprised and happy. but theres a deep sense of concern because now this tomahawk strike has taken place, the question is, how will bashar al assad respond? will he target some of the rebel groups out there fighting fw ii aga...

Putin with that strike. i do not believe we are going to get in to an air war or ground war with russia any time soon. they still have very powerful, very organized. what we have to get done is figure out how -- we have got soldiers on the ground that are going up to kill isis. and we have to be -- there is going to have to be some continued coordination between certainly at least the russians. but we have to understand there is close to 1,000 dispirit organizations fighting actively in syria. t...

Zareef as the only mass use of chemical weapons in the 80s. iran condemns the use of all weapons of mass destruction of begin next begin. lets hope he is referring to mr. assad and the weapons of mass destruction he used on his own people. >> steve, i think thats one of the key issues here. look, john kerry declared in july of 2014 all chemical weapons were gone. and that was an agreement between the united states and russia which clearly was either a ruiz or more importantly the russians may ha...

Going to blow that place up in 30 minutes, get your guys out of there? so, this morning, on the crazy meter, some people online are saying look, thats proof that this administration is colluding with the russians. >> no. this is not colluding with the russians. this is not phiing them because we dont want to spark even further conflict down the road. this is something, i mean, look, even nancy pelosi has jumped on board with this strike. i think the fact donald trump called them to notify them t...

Thats designed to prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction, our national security is adversely affected. the president has full constitutional authority under the commander-in-chief clause to act, which he did. he made a very limited and precise strike for a very limited and precise reason. i think it was the right thing to do. and i think last night the obama era in american foreign policy ended. ainsley: ambassador, you are the former u.s. ambassador to the u.n., the current position ...

Least once since the tomahawk strike last night. president trump did not call president putin last night, but they gave russias military a1 always heads up that the strike was coming and the target was the shayrat airbase where they were up to 100 russian troops when the tomahawk said. >> bret: jennifer, thank you. the u.s. embassy in moscow escorting american citizens in russia to exercise the highest levels of vigilance and situational awareness given the current political climate. the advisor...

Which stoned american allies and american enemies? pete: thats right joining us now is richard newton and fox news military analyst colonel david hunt. they are both joining us live to react. what signal does this send? is this a new red line we are willing to enforce? >> good morning, pete. i think it reinforces certainly america is back. not only in the region to globally as well. we have a president who says, you know, states u.s. national security objectives and then if you cross his red lin...

♪ steve: now continuing our coverage this morning of the missile strike, the tomahawk strikes on syria last night. how will this move impact our fight against isis and terror groups? here with reaction fox news contributor former counter terrorism advisor to vice president dick cheney and author of warrior diplomat, lieutenant colonel michael waltz. colonel, good morning to you. >> hey, good morning. steve: i understand you are surprised at what did not happen regarding this strike. >> yeah, t...