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what are you reading with all the navy news in there. we had the expansion of nato which the russians absolutely loathe. the president is going to be meeting with the head of nato coming up. how do you read the tea leaves over the past 24, 48 hours? well, i hate to get too enthusiastic too fast. i need to curb my enthusiasm. but if nato were a stock, it s kind of rising. i recognize one tomahawk strike does not a spring make, like one swallow doesn t make a spring. but the strike and the nato piece come together in an interesting way, joe and mika. it shows you that the administration is waking up to the fact that we can t do this alone. we ll have to bring allies and partners in. i think when rex tillerson sits down across the table from lavrov, he s sitting down not ....
Not a spring make either. we ve got a lot of work to do to sit back, look at the diplomatic options, look at the conversation with russia, where does that go. what follows now are the interesting set of constraints. in terms of the right decision, this was it. it s the appropriate level of force. it was well done militarily, good day for the navy, and i feel overall this will have at least a stopping effect on the flow of activity. we ll have to see if we can negotiate with the russians in a way that really puts some kind of constraints on bashar al assad. katty kay. admiral, a tactical strike can be just that, a tactical strike. this one seems to have been successful in its aim. what does it do in terms of the long-term strategy and how does it change the situation on the ground in syria do you think? to the latter, katty, it doesn t change the tactical situation on the ground to any significant degree. the air force of assad still has ....
And iran. if you could, begin your comments first of all, we want to know, as to what mika said, this is a show of strength, we also needed to do this as a show of moral authority. before you agree with those two positions, that the united states needed to act after the events of this week? i absolutely do. i think it was appropriate and i think it was legal under international law. as david said, it sends a salutory and most-needed message to our allies. it pushes back on their heels a bit the russians and iranians. the interesting ally to watch is turkey. their reaction has been very positive. now the game is on for, okay, what comes next? you know the old saying, a single swallow does not a spring make. a single tomahawk missile does ....