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Continuing to use chemical weapons despite the fact that after august 2013 they said they were dismantling their chemical weapons in russia guaranteed that was taking place. that commitment has not been met. it is important for the alleviation of humanitarian suffering in syria but if we look at this more widely it is in all our interests that we restore that international norm on use of chemical weapons. >> how much did you agonize about this decision? did it keep you awake at night? >> as i said in my statement, there is no graver decision than to send service personnel into combat and it is...

Analysis of incidents, we judge it highly likely they have continued to use chemical weapons since then and will continue to do so. this must be stopped. we have sought to do so using every possible diplomatic channel. our efforts have been thwarted on the ground and the united nations. back in august, 2013, the syrian regime committed to dismantle the chemical weapon program and russia promised to ensure that syria did this, overseen by the organization of prohibition of chemical weapons. these conditions have not been met. a recent report from the organization for the prohibition of chemical...

Ways. we have seen a nerve agent used on the streets of a city here in the united kingdom. we have seen the syrian regime continuing to use chemical weapons despite the fact that august 2013, they were dismantling their chemical weapons and russia guaranteed that was taking place. that commitment has not been met. so, i think it is important that for the alleviation of humanitarian suffering in syria but also if we stand back and look more widely, it is in all our interest to restore the prohibition of use on chemical weapons. yeah, back there. >> how much did you agonize about the decision? d...

Cal weapons attacks over the course of the past 12 months that went without any kind of response from the united states militarily. >> we have the august 2013 attack on rebels in a city called ghouta, we have an april 4th, 2017 attack, an april 6th attack. so there have been multiple attacks and we haven't responded to each of them. cal, i'm struck by that imagery by our bill neely of the dictator of syria, the president of syria, bashar al assad, just strolling out and saying this did nothing to me. i don't understand what message was even sent in the region where the idea is you're supposed ...

It's all premised on this idea that there were chemical weapons used by the assad regime. so the idea that that is not fully decided or a sin tilla of doubt about that is striking. >> i think donald trump's non-serious tweet, he's almost treat thing like it's a video game or something, it fuels concerns whether or not there's a larger plan for syria, right? obviously, a similar thing happened about a year ago, and the u.s. responded. what happens here, is there a response to that? so far it's been about degrading isis, but is there a broader geopolitical strategy for syria? >> to that point, t...