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>> well, here's a message, chris. i trust, first of all, i trust our intelligence capability. we have the best intelligence, the facts have been laid out very strongly. i think the u.n. inspectors in the next couple of days with their inspections, with their samples, are going to certify what our intelligence people did. now, we have the best, strongest military in the world. these missiles launchers, these cruise missiles, the tomahawks, they're going to do some damage. now, it's not going to be perfect, but they're strategic. they're not aimed at civilian targets. they're aimed at degrading ...

Politicized, but it's so soon. >> yes, it is. this is the direct politicization on an outrage, an attack on america. i personally think it's wrong to do that. maybe it is inevitable but i personally think that it's wrong. now you have to ask the question: did the sequester cuts, did that in fact affect our intelligence-gathering capability, which impeded before the boston happening? is that what happened? did sequester affect our intelligence capability? obviously we don't know, but steny hoyer is implying directly that. he chucked it out on the table. he politicized a national outrage. >>bria...

Operation. it's combined, they have allies there with it. their principal task is locate the stockpile of chemical weapons and develop plans to secure them. i would assume by now given all of our intelligence capability, we have located it. i'm assuming we have detailed plans in what to do to secure those stockpiles in the event that is necessary. that would absolutely mean boots on the ground and that will mean u.s. boots on the ground, as well. special operation forces at a minimum and i would assume that we would use rebel forces to help us. >> gregg: general, thank you so much for being wi...

Is america as susceptible now to another attack like that as it was then, do you think? >> probably less. for the simple fact that they're looking for it more. we have intercepted several of them, more than several. there are about four or five that are public and probably another 20 or 30, i'm guessing at that. we have better intelligence capability. we have better cooperation among intelligence services here, europe, all over the world. we have picked up plots, picked up plots in the uk, in germany. but i think we have a much better system than we had back then. >> are you surprised in a goo...

At that. we have better intelligence capability. we have better cooperation among intelligence services here, europe, all over the world. we have picked up plots, picked up plots in the uk, in germany. but i think we have a much better system than we had back then. >> are you surprised in a good way that there hasn't been another huge attack on american mainland in the last decade? >> very surprised. if you would have asked me on september 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, the days after, i would tell you there is no chance we're not going to be attacked numerous times. i wasn't just guessing at it. tha...