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Pentagon officials telling cnn that the aim would be to deter the assad regime from using chemical weapons again. not targeting the chemical stockpiles or regime itself. retired general james "spider" marks is a cnn analyst. general marks, let me start with you. no u.s. troops on the ground. likely no attempted regime change. was the message out of the white house today -- that's what we heard from the white house today. the leading options appear to be an option involving cruise missiles. what does that look like, and what does that entail? >> well, specifically, it's a confusing message if t...

Of attack subs, as well. the navy does not traditionally disclose locations. the question is whether and how to use assets. what kind of action to take and towards what strategic goal. sources have been hinting at a limited campaign. pentagon officials saying that the aim would be to deter the assad regime from using chemical weapons again. not targeting the stockpiles or regime itself. general marks, let me start with you. no u.s. troops on the ground. likely no attempted regime change. was the message out of the white house today -- that's what we heard from the white house today. the leadin...

President is set to get the document that -- how long after that do you think a decision will be made? >> i would hope a decision has already been made and all that is necessary is confirmation, at least alerting the american public this is an inevitability. it literally could be a new york minute. there should be no effort on the part of assad -- we've demonstrated, or at least assad has demonstrated an inability to be reasonable in terms of what he is doing, so our expectations should be that he's not going to alter his behavior. we need to be prepared to strike immediately. >> general marks...

>> i'm glad you said that. because one of the arguments has been good order and discipline needs to stay the way it is, clearly, we have problems if we have numbers like that. general marks, always so god to see you. thank you so much. i want to bring in attorney lisa bloom right now to join us in the legal briefs discussion. she has a lot of experience dealing with civilian sexual assault victims. lisa, suddenly, we have this issue coming to the forefront. we have a lot of predators in the military. that was the issue yesterday. they were perpetrating. not getting dealt with properly. they ...

Korean goal and they're making progress on it. and one of the real questions is how are they doing it. who is helping them. you know, a lot of rumors go through the intelligence community all the time that the iranians are helping them. this is highly technical work, very doubtful they're doing it all by themselves. they're getting help from somewhere and they are making progress, and i think that's really the key. people can differ over when it might happen, when they could really hit a target with any kind of reliability, but that's their goal. that's what they're working towards. i don't th...