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>> does it show a new engagement in the afghan situation? under president obama we have been drawing down troops, 16 years of engagement in the region. does it show a reengagement by the united states? >> i think it does. and the fact that lieutenant general h.r. mcmaster the national security adviser is going to afghanistan as president trump's personal representative to take a look at km exactly what's going on there and help device a strategy that works both militarily and politically is significant. i think president trump my read is that he is im patient to get results and in this case a ...

Certainly the russians have said it doesn't necessarily have to be bashar al assad, what we have to realize, the military operations have to lead to an end state. if it is not more military operations it is a settlement. whether al assad is part of it, i don't believe that will be the case. as russians hope, syria will remain u.n. teary state with a replacement, not simply a power vacuum inside the country, that's what the russians want and quite frankly that's what everybody wants. >> retired brigadier general, thanks for the time. >> one more break here. on the other side, the social media b...

Government in damascus. this is a chance for assad to kind of recalculate and make his own assessment about what is in the best interest of his clan, his family, the minority group in syria and also his country. we'll see, one thing for sure is he's been put on notice, if he uses chemical weapons again it will be the end of his regime. >> do you have a feeling that this moment has created an opportunity for clarity, so much criticism of the syrian war has been the dithering, lack of a focus of what the nca really is, is there a moment here for the united states to say we can do more to pursue ...

Assad and his regime. what i would question and i know mike kirby has comments on this. this has been supported for the last year plus by russia. we would not be in this situation, assad likely be gone had russia not supported him a little over a year ago and supported him with airport and those air fields. i'm concerned what will happen and the designed end state. the american military can hit any target you want and cause a great deal of destruction. it's what comes next particularly for the iranian and cuz force fighters throughout syria. >> i think ronald reagan send missiles to hit gadhaf...

Syria. what you're going to see -- >> let the general finish. >> i'm sorry, general, go ahead. >> it is working quite well in iraq because we finallied a the iraqis fighting under a new government that mr. obama persuaded to take the place of mr. malaki. so i spent a good portion of my life in iraq. i know what happened when it went south. it wasn't because of the military, but it was because of the government influence, both u.s. and iraqi government. >> i think that's what mr. trump has to realize, that when you're the president of the united states, you are the commander in chief. you're th...