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Thrown at them right now. the best they can do in this scenario while we are perhaps waiting for this no-fly zone to be implemented is to hold the ground that they actually have. that is, of course, assuming that gadhafi does not decide overnight or in the early morning hours launch air and artillery bombardment. the concern is he is then going to move on and target benghazi. prior to this u.n. resolution taking place, the opposition had said they were going to try to mass together, try to keep gadhafi's forces from moving on to benghazi. but without these no-fly zones being implemented, witho...

And homs. but the pept gone did not target syria or russia air capabilities. this is what they did last year. they took out a runway and air capability of the syrian government. this is important. most effective way to carry out and prevent chemical attacks in the future is attack the assad reyeem -- regime. it was a limited strike. lebanese reporting that scientific research centers hit in damascus had been targeted by the israelis in the past and immediately buildings and so far, the reports are three civilians injured. we'll get more information with the sun coming up. and so far, it looks ...

Bashar al assad, a warning? that would be one sort of strike. is it actually to destroy air capabilities, that would be a more sustained sort of strike. >> what you want to ask is the key phrase end state. what do you want to accomplish? that was brought up in your earlier reporting, in terms of is this a poke in the eye or sustained air campaign going after a bunch of different targets, a one time shot with cruise missile, as my good friend, rick francona pointed out most of the targets are in regime controlled area. arwa showed that they hit where most of the rebels are but they came from th...

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Mccaffrey and jeremy bash. jerry, i want to start with you. was this the right response of president trump? >> well, it was smart. it was proportional. it was a minimal risk option and, therefore, it was also the minimal affects result. it's unclear at this hour whether we have degraded assad's air capabilities. and i don't think we have really degraded his overall air force capabilities. and i certainly don't think we have deterred him from conducting military operations against his own population. now, if we get into a situation here, stephanie, over the next several weeks and months where w...