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There's no real pressure on assad. the only thing we're doing right now and what we did in the prior administration is focus on chemical weapons and isis. right now, as you laid it out exactly right. that's a serious problem because it does in some way give huge credibility for the reaction it's iranians and that's a problem not just for syria alone but in the region. we're not going to stand by the folks and things that that we say. >> jamil, thank you for your input. thanks to both of you. the president is prepared to sustain attacks on syria but his secretary of defense tells a different ...

Are any developments there, we want to talk to you about it. joining me now a political reporter for daily beast and msnbc contributor. betsy, what do you make of the timing of the air strikes? i think we have to put this in context, not only of the negative headlines that have surrounded the president of the last 72 hours or last week. but tomorrow, the headlines are going to get even hotter with the james comey interview and with the lease of his new book. there are some people out there, maybe a cynical view, but there are some who say this is a distraction that's meant to make the presiden...

Has been beating the drums of war in support of the president. from the right, that america first agenda that talked about getting less involved in geopolitics than other people's problems. and the white house, and really it would be any white house would stand to face criticism from both sides on this? >> that's right. going back a little bit, it's interesting how this syria story finds so much of a connection to president trump's campaign. of course, many people have dug up old tweets that trump sent out criticizing the way obama talked about syria. but i remember one of the last rallies tha...