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Of these sites not movable. and that's the source of the -- that's what really sets them back. to go back to an earlier question. that's really the difference between striking an air field and essentially a delivery platform and research development and generation part of the facility. this is far more damaging to syria. >> michael? >> general mckenzie, were the three targets that were struck, does this represent the totality of syria's known cw infrastructure or were there cw structures that were -- that you didn't hit because of collateral damage concerns? second, is chlorine the new red lin...

Women and children, civilians repeatedly using barrel bombs and other means. can you talk about that? how should people understand the difference in the response to these more isolated chemical attacks and the ongoing conventional attacks by the assad government on its own people? >> it is clear to everyone that the syrian people have suffered for too long. and it's why we are 100% behind the u.n.-backed geneva peace process and encourage our allies and partners in the region to also help facilitate that conversation. we have a new u.n. envoy. and this is an opportunity to really put real stea...

Moscow calling somebody in damascus saying you didn't need to put us through the last week with what happened in douma. don't do it again. >> for more on the coordinated air strikes, military analyst lieutenant colonel rick francona is with us. a former attache. it it begs the question of what was left in those intended targets for us to strike and whether we'll ever really know for sure. >> that's a good point. the syrians had plenty of time to move any high-value materials out of those buildings. they had to know we were going to strike chemical warfare facilities. the jewel in that crown is...

All it does is say there was -- there were chemicals present. there were chemical agents present. so i'm not sure that it would change anybody's mind. >> you anticipated my next question. i was going to say, we'll get a finding presumably that there was chlorine or sarin used but not necessarily the delivery agent. another question and then i'll ask you what you found most significant. general mckenzie made the point of saying there were no civilian casualties and then was asked a question, i'm paraphrasing, about whether there would have been an evacuation from those three intended targets. h...

>> to your first point, last night operations were successful. we hit the site, the heart of the weapons program. it was mission accomplished. give me your second part. >> the authorities question. if there are future strikes, does the same process go to nfc, what is the process now? >> as it has secretary said last night, the president has it has authority under article ii to defend u.s. interests and national interests. i'm not going to speculate on anything that happens in the future. this was a fully legitimate operation. ryan? >> general mckenzie, did chairman of the joint chief communica...