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So again, what is the purpose of launching all these cruise missiles if we're only going to do it one time and the air base in syria continues to operate. i really don't understand the strategy that this administration is engaging in. >> i will say it's interesting, a lot of people say it sends a message, even to a place like north korea. the national security council offered the president several options for dealing with north korea, including putting nukes in south korea or assassinating kim jong-un. how do you react to that? it's a scary time. >> this is exactly the wrong message to send, b...

Change? the danger for that is the two major rebel groups are isis and al qaeda. we could end up in a very, very difficult situation there if we don't think through. on the other hand, i understand the impulse to want to do something with these horrific pictures. but there's nothing that's coming out of syria that's being reported by all parts of the world that indicates that anything has been effective vis-a-vis this bombing. >> peter, do you think democrats acted the right way in response? >> well, i don't think it was unanimous because democrats don't usually react monolithically, much to m...

Hey, you bought gas-x®! unlike antacids, gas-x ® relieves pressure and bloating fast. huh, crisis averted. i think he was repulsed as a human being by what assad was capable of doing. the children really moved him. and all i can say about this president, he has the instincts of ronald reagan in many ways. he's an emotional man, but he's also a very smart man. i think he feels that he did the right thing by those children. >> south carolina senator lindsey graham speaking to nbc's kasie hunt and defending president trump's decision to launch air strikes in syria. let's bring in peter emerso...

Eventually down the road there's some reshuffling and the two of them get reassigned, but right now trump is not pulling the trigger. >> i want to play for you what journalist chris whipple told my colleague, thomas roberts, earlier. chris interviewed 17 chiefs of staff for a new book. >> this is the most dysfunctional white house in modern history. i mean the levels of incompetence and ineptitude are really off the charts. and lobbying a few missiles into a syrian air base is not going to change that. >> many people think the president just -- that this drama can't last for -- it's not sustai...

What would you say he should do? >> those images were horrific, but let's keep in mind just a week ago, the trump administration was okay with keeping assad in power, even though they knew he had killed over 100,000 civilians and used chemical weapons in the past. not clear what changed. this kind of whiplash foreign policy weakens the united states, causes the american public to not know what the president's principles are and reduces the credibility of the words that our chief diplomat, rex tillerson, says. >> we played a clip from your colleague, tulsi gabbard and she's not convinced it was...