make, erin, is this. is that the element of surprise in this attack, even before this tweet came out this morning, largely gone. just look at the air space over syria right now. all commercial aircraft avoiding that area, they know it's coming. you know the syrians and russians know it's coming, as well. you have to expect them to be moving forces, they hope, out of harm's way. >> thank you very much, jim sciutto. "outfront" now, let's go to former navy s.e.a.l., rob o'neil, who's spent a lot of time in this area and in the region. so, you're also the author of the book, the operator firing the shots that killed osama bin laden and my years as a s.e.a.l. team warrior. you supported the president on many issues in the past. of course, you have a dinner with him. when you saw this tweet this morning, get ready, russia, because they will be coming, nice and new and smart, in quotes, was that the right thing to do? >> i disagreed with this tweet this morning. when i woke up and initially saw it, i thought it was sort of -- it was sent to me. i didn't get it on twitter. and i thought it was initially one of those peopmemes where th kind of make something up. because something that could