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>> it doesn't fade. but i have parked it. tom, in life we have to go on. and put it behind us and be grateful and every once in a while something reminds me of it or i hear from an old friend who calls up and asked me why i voted wrong and they never call me and tell me i voted right. so think about it. but what i really think about is the people that i had the honor of serving with. some of the gutsiest, most patriotic, most wonderful people i've ever known in my life. they're my dearest and best friends. >> and with us now is colonel jack jake cobbs, retire colonel and analyst and medal of h...

Grateful and every once in a while something reminds me of it or i hear from an old friend who calls up and asked me why i voted wrong and they never call me and tell me i voted right. so think about it. but what i really think about is the people that i had the honor of serving with. some of the gutsiest, most patriotic, most wonderful people i've ever known in my life. they're my dearest and best friends. >> and with us now is colonel jack jake cobbs, retire colonel and analyst and medal of honor recipient. hearing john mccain talk about that, he is and was closest to those men he served wit...

What is the goal of the united states? will we hear that from the president tonight? is it punitive? is it humanitarian? is it because we want to be playing a long game in the middle east? we do not understand what the purpose would be behind any attacks at this point. >> all right. we now have confirmed the president will be speaking tonight at 9:00. he'll be addressing the nation in a brief address. we expect it to be about five minutes. colonel jack, obviously there are many u.s. service members in syria right now and in iraq as well and close to the border. what are your concerns about blo...

Of al qaeda, the parent group. you have the different element going on. still have 2,000 american forces on the ground in syria. president trump only two week ago, saying that he wanted to pull american forces out. suddenly, he is learning very quickly that that is easier said than done. and soap th so that's where you stand tonight. >> tonight. either see u.s. involvement in the syrian war getting more entrenched or seeing that at least the civil war is going to continue in capacity. vivian, thank you, live in washington, d.c. as we mentioned. we heard conflicting information from the preside...

Picked out as the most likely targets for us to use. so not a -- more likely to be not a one-shot deal like it was in april but a couple of -- not a sustained attack but a couple of days' worth of attacks. >> colonel jack, one last question for you. and if you do not want to answer this question, you absolutely do not have to and you can just say good night. but i'm wondering when decisions like this are made, obviously this gas attack that these strikes are a response to happened last week. the president said early in the week that the missiles were coming, get ready russia. we've been expect...