this strike hitting the airbase if central syria. they're saying this is only going to help isis and other extremist groups. but let's talk a little about the central impact on the syrian regime, it was a pin prick strike but it was a message. do you think it will act as a derer ent? >> -- deterrent? >> as you said in your report by the trump administration, i think this suggestion that president trump is now if you like a normal american policy establishment president in foreign policy terms. and i think it does suggest that there is an escalation on america's military role in that country and it could well be that it's going to change the situation quite seriously. >> even coming from really the most passionate opponents of the syrian regime, the political opposition outside the country. even though they expressed some