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U.s. strike assuming it happens, then we have no idea what the response by assad will be and whether that will be a counter strike or operation. so on one hand you could see it's understandable why pentagon planners would be planning for a larger operation. >> anderson, they would have to be planning for a larger operation. the key thing is the construct within which the planning is taking place is action, reaction and counter action. i mean, that's how you walk through every scenario that we've ever had to contend with and in the case of the pentagon planners, when you look at what assad has ...

Would be needed, to assault and secure chit critical sites. thousands. reports indicate those sites are scattered all over syria some some are producing chemical weapons and some are to storage and some for research and development. jennifer griffin, at the pentagon. what has the pentagon said regarding the boots on the ground which general dempsey said would be necessary? >> general dempsey said 75,000 troops would be needed for that make. but that's not their mission so we asked the pentagon about the internal contradiction in their strategy. here's the pentagon spokesman. >> if regime chang...

Syria's capacity to use such weapons in the future, explain from the military perspective what that suggests to you. >> well, that's a very difficult passage because i think the chances of going after the chemical weapons delivery systems, which were rocket launchers and he's got thousands of them all over the country, we're going after the weapons themselves will probably be too difficult to do. the chemical weapons are a valuable asset for the syrian regime. they got them stored in very hardened facilities that a cruise missile won't be able to do. you need bunker busters for that. or if the...

From the military perspective what that suggests to you. >> well, that's a very difficult passage because i think the chances of going after the chemical weapons delivery systems, which were rocket launchers and he's got thousands of them all over the country, we're going after the weapons themselves will probably be too difficult to do. the chemical weapons are a valuable asset for the syrian regime. they got them stored in very hardened facilities that a cruise missile won't be able to do. you need bunker busters for that. or if they lovmovlovemove them different locations. they spent years ...

From the military perspective what that suggests to you. >> well, that's a very difficult passage because i think the chances of going after the chemical weapons delivery systems, which were rocket launchers and he's got thousands of them all over the country, we're going after the weapons themselves will probably be too difficult to do. the chemical weapons are a valuable asset for the syrian regime. they got them stored in very hardened facilities that a cruise missile won't be able to do. you need bunker busters for that. or if they move them to different locations. they spent years digging...