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About how this progresses. what happens if damascus doesn't get the message? are we willing to continue to escalate this? the problem with sending the messages if they're not received, you're stuck. you own this. and you're now committed to escalate further and further. what starts out as slapping somebody on the wrist comes to a shooting war. >> with that in mind, because everyone will be watching to see what asas does next, there's about 1,000 troops in syria. are they all potentially at risk? >> whenever you put a boot on the ground and we find ourselves in a hostile environment such as syr...

Ourselves and stand-up to america. now it sounds more subdued. a lot of people are trying to leave the country now. i wouldn't say it's an exodus but for a couple days, we are going try to leave syria and come back when things turn down a little bit. we were out on the streets of the syrian capital to gauge the mood of people. they are nervous. let's have a look at what some people had to say. even with u.s. warships ready to strike off syria's coach, it's certain they used chemical weapons on their people. at first glance, damascus doesn't appear to be on the edge. this man is with the police...

Mood there? >> reporter: well people certainly are very worried here on the ground, wolf. there was talk earlier today about some sort of exodus of people trying to make a break for the lebanese border. we haven't seen that. but people are very concern and unsure what the next couple of days and hours begin with these american air strikes looming. let's have a look. even with u.s. war ships ready to strike off syria's coast and washington saying it's certain the assad regime used chemical weapons on its people at first glance damascus doesn't appear to be on the edge. this man is with the poli...