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Put me in a situation that could escalate rather quickly. i'm going to back down. or you see assad say i'm not going to be cowered by it and try to do something to show he is still a force to be reckoned with. after the u.s. launches these missiles instead of taking them back, and it really can go into different directions, if we are going to see that play out in a lot of the u.s. relationships, not only was i iran were trump has tried to be more aggressive but so far affected the nuclear deal but with russia where the secretary of state tillerson will be traveling next week even after all of ...

Assad, have something that is acceptable to all parties but allows us to stay here. i think that's a very optimistic view. it arguably means that the russians will say no, let's let this continue. because it was just one air strike. it was just one airbase. it didn't take out an air force, it's clear that the u.s. is approaching this with limitations. it is not getting massively involved. let's just let assad continue this. such that when negotiations do begin, he's in an ever more powerful position to negotiate for the types of terms that we the russians will benefit from. >> this happened as...

That. a lot depends upon what the russian reaction is. here i would say there is an interesting reality. we are in a position where we could say to the russians, there is going to be an ongoing insurgency against assad. and ironically because of what we have done tonight, we're probably going to see many of the opposition forces who have been fighting assad whose morale is very much shaken by the impact of the russian intervention. they been out to be one voice. they may now be more determined to resist assad and be prepared to do more against assad. militarily. now does that affect leverage t...

More use of chemical weapons? if it looks like he can somehow begin to change the dynamic within the war within syria. the war -- there been two wars within syria. one against isis and the other gets assad. it looks like it might be able to effect, that she will be come something as well. time will tell. we will see if something will change beyond just what the use of sending a message about use of chemical weapons. >> secretary of state tillerson said the white house and others within the administration are working to bring together a coalition of the willing, to use the phrase of days gone b...

>> years of previous attempts at changing assad's behavior have all failed and failed very dramatically. tonight i call on all civilized nations to join us in seeking to end the slaughter and bloodshed in syria and also to end terrorism of all kinds and all types. >> well, candidate trump came into office promising a dramatically different approach to assad and syria. >> we can't fight syria and assad, who is not a good guy, but we're backing people to fight assad. we have no idea. look at hillary clinton, what happened with libya. >>omow syria and world war iii don't go along great to me. we ...