action. some have called tin action, but when it couple to a military decision he held back. given the criticism president trump is putting in that direction, do you think assad is worried? >> i think assad is worried, and it's true that president trump did take a very important military strike about a year ago, but ana the time to point fingers will come after the violence has stopped. the war is still ongoing, so i was hugely disappointed by the president's tweet on that. i do think in the nsc briefing tomorrow john bolton will walk through a further of options to deter further cw attacks. one is diplomatic, try to get more international condemnations. we tried that. it hasn't work. another would be financial, more sanctions against russia and iran. again, we've tried that. that hasn't work. the final two options would be in the military space and in the covert space. military-wise president trump could decide to apply more ground forces in syria. right now we have forces there, but they are solely focused on