complex in afghanistan near the pakistan border, but the decision to use this particular weapon could have some serious global consequences. let s bring in our panel of experts. phil mudd, this is a significant development, but from your perspective how significant? i think there are two pieces that are significant. first, if you re bashar al assad and you look those tomahawk missiles last week you have to be saying, i hope this one is not dropped on us. i think whether the message was meant to be sent or not, it had been to be received. i think it is more sult will but hugely significant. december of 2001, where does bin laden lead through? eastern afghanistan through a cave and tunnel complex. fast forward to know, april of 2017. what are we using a bomb on after 16 years of warfare? a cave and tunnel complex in eastern afghanistan, now not against al qaeda but against isis. it gives a message of the length of this war. furthermore, it gives a message