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Remarkably similar. trump like obama is wary of american involvement and yet can't completely stay away. so he has come up with a few discreet ways to use american power without actually getting much involved in the syrian conflict. it is perhaps a sign of america's few options that on syria, despite his protestations and constant digs at his predecessor donald trump has morphed into barack obama. and let's get started. we will get reaction to the syrian strike from many quarters today. let's start by going live to northern syria with cnn nick peyton walsh joins us. nick, what do you make of...

A u.s. soldier lost his life there this last weekend. so you are seeing this deployment of this weapon to sen a message and against these tunnels. >> why use the bomb now and what signals does it send to allies and adversaries around the world? nick peyton live from eiraq, god morning. >> reporter: it's been off the table quite some time is now in play perhaps and comes at a key time with the situation in afghanistan, the worst since the u.s. invaded 16 years ago. now the taliban have been gaining a lot of ground taking key towns, they have been moving

Fast forward in about half the country now either contested or controlled by that insurgeoncy. isis a whole set of problems, the dissolutionment with the taliban, its behavior, branding seek a newer fresher face that isis provide, isis k, historically the area of pakistan they would like to see in their hands some say isis came across the border from pakistan when it infiltrated being the epicenter where it all began. isis lost by the afghan army, but regained ground quite substantially in the past months perhaps by the attacks in kabul. back to you. thank you, nick. let's bring in cnn mil...