ACCUSING RUSH OF "PROTECTING A
MONSTER AND TRASHING THE
CREDIBILITY OF THE COUNCIL."
SHANNON?
>> Shannon: KRISTIN FISHER,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AS A STRIKE AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT?
WHAT WERE THE LONGER-TERM
IMPLICATIONS BE?
OLIVER NORTH AND NEW YORK
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN, GREAT TO
HAVE BOTH OF YOU WITH US TONIGHT
HAVE BOTH OF YOU WITH US TONIGH
TONIGHT.
APPELLEE, THE PRESIDENT IS IN
CONVERSATIONS, DOMESTICALLY
WITH THE DOMESTIC ALLIES.
LET'S TALK ABOUT IN THE REGION,
MANY FOLKS THINK WE NEED AIR
PARTNERS IN THIS.
THE DIRECTOR OF THE ALLISON
CENTER FOR FOREIGN POLICY AT
HERITAGE SAYS, "I THINK IT WOULD
BE WORTH THE DIP OF MEDIC
LEGWORK THAT IT WOULD REQUIRE.
A VERY STRONG MESSAGE IF ARAB
COUNTRIES COOPERATED."
>> IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO
SEE THESE COUNTRIES, WHICH ARE
ACTUALLY QUITE WEALTHY, WHETHER
IT IS -- JORDAN HAS BEEN
INVOLVED WITH WHAT IS BEEN GOING
ON IN SYRIA TO A CERTAIN EXTENT,
ISRAEL HAS BEEN INVOLVED.
AS FAR AS THESE OTHER ARAB
COUNTRIES THAT EXIST IN THE
REGION, IT IS IMPERATIVE.
THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT IRANIAN
AGGRESSION.
THIS IS THE MOMENT TO PUSH BACK.
IF YOU DON'T PUSH BACK NOW, IT
WILL GET WORSE.
>> Shannon: COLONEL, IF YOU
ARE SUGGESTING POTENTIAL OPTIONS
TO THE ADMINISTRATION FROM A
MILITARY IN NATURE, WHAT WOULD
YOU SUGGEST?
>> FIRST OF ALL, YOU HAVE TO GET
ENOUGH ASSETS IN THE REGION.
THEY ARE NOT THERE YET.
I WAS SITTING IN A PLANNING CELL
32 YEARS AGO TONIGHT, PICKING
TARGETS IN LIBYA BECAUSE ON THE
FIFTH OF APRIL, MORE MARKET OFF
HE HAD DETONATED A BOMB AT A
DISCOTHEQUE IN WEST GERMANY.
IT TOOK TEN DAYS TO GET THE
ASSETS IN PLACE TO MAKE ALL THE
ARRANGEMENTS.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO USE MORE
THAN JUST A HANDFUL OF AIRCRAFT,
YOU HAVE TO PLACE -- HAVE TO
HAVE PLACES TO RECOVER, REFUEL,
SEARCH AND RESCUE ASSETS IN
PLACE.
I THINK IT IS -- A LOT OF PEOPLE
THINKING IT COULD HAPPEN
TONIGHT, I JUST COULDN'T IMAGINE
TONIGHT, I JUST COULDN'T IMAGIN
IMAGINE.
>> Shannon: HOW IMPORTANT IS
TURKEY?
>> TURKEY IS VERY IMPORTANT.
IT HAS CLOSED A NATO AIR BASE.
HE IS NOT A THREAT.
HE DOESN'T PARTICULAR CARE FOR
THE ASSAD REGIME BUT ON THE
OTHER HAND, HE DOESN'T CARE MUCH
FOR US BECAUSE HE HAS NOT BEEN
HELPING US MUCH AT ALL.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU HAVE
TO HAVE A COVERED BASE BECAUSE
YOU CAN'T A LAND AIRCRAFT.
ISRAEL CAN BE VERY HELPFUL IN
TERMS OF SEARCH AND RESCUE.
IT TAKES TIME TO PLACE THOSE
ASSETS IN POSITION SO THAT THEY
CAN BE RECOVERED.
>> Shannon: ON CAPITOL HILL
THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION, WE
TALKED ABOUT LAST NIGHT,
SENATOR MIKE LEE SAYING IF THERE
IS GOING TO BE A ROBUST MILITARY
RESPONSE, THE PRESIDENT NEEDS TO
COME TO CONGRESS FOR THAT.
IN THE MEANTIME, DEMOCRATIC
SENATOR RICHARD BLUMENTHAL
TALKING ABOUT WHAT KIND OF
ASSETS WE NEED TO HAVE, WHAT
KIND OF REACTION WE NEED TO
HAVE, WHO NEEDS TO BE HELD
RESPONSIBLE.
HERE'S WHAT HE SAYS.
>> THERE HAS TO BE ROBUST
REACTION AND ACTION, NOT JUST
WORDS.
THE RESPONSE HAS TO HAVE
MILITARY COMPONENTS.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD, IT ALL STARTS
TO SEND A MESSAGE TO HIS
ENABLERS.
>> Shannon: IT HAS TO SEND A
MESSAGE TO HIS ENABLERS.
THE PRESIDENT CALLED OUTPUTTED
BY NAME, CALLED OUT TO IRAN AS
WELL.
WHERE DO WE GO FROM THERE?
>> WE HAVE ALL THESE DIFFERENT
COUNTRIES, APPROACHES.
WITHIN SYRIA, YOU COULD BE
TARGETING COMMAND-AND-CONTROL,
INFRASTRUCTURE, PERSONNEL, IT
MAY NOT JUST BE SYRIAN.
IT MAY BE IRANIAN.
THERE MAY BE WAYS TO DELIVER THE
CHEMICAL WEAPON, MAYBE IT IS
PART OF THEIR AIR FORCE, OR PART
OF THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE, HOW
THEY ARE ABLE TO CARRY OUT THE
CHEMICAL ATTACK.
WITH IRAN, THE FUTURE OF THE
NUCLEAR DEAL, THE EFFORT TO RAMP
UP SANCTIONS, THAT IS WHAT
BROUGHT THE IRANIANS TO THE
TABLE IN THE FIRST PLACE, WHEN
YOU SET A NEGOTIATION TAKE PLACE
DURING PRESIDENT OBAMA'S TERM.
SAME THING WITH RUSSIA, TALKING
ABOUT SANCTIONS AND WHAT
LEVERAGE WE HAVE.
THERE'S A DEBATE AT THE U.N.
SECURITY COUNCIL.
THAT WILL CONTINUE.
AMBASSADOR HALEY CAN'T,
COUNTERING THE NARRATIVE THAT
THE RUSSIANS AND OTHERS ARE
TRYING TO PUT OUT.
ALL OF THOSE NEEDS TO TAKE
PLACE.
WHAT WE SAW A YEAR AGO, I EXPECT
TO SEE THAT AGAIN.
I DO EXPECT THERE TO BE A
STRIKE.
I DON'T THINK IT IS JUST GOING
TO BE THAT.
LAST TIME IT WAS JUST US, NOW WE
ARE SEEING BRITAIN AND THE
FRENCH.
I THINK THERE WILL BE MORE OF A
COALITION.
I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE US
UTILIZING MULTIPLE LEVERAGES OF
THE DYING PRINCIPLE OF THE
PRINCIPLE OF ECONOMICS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO IT BEING
EFFECTIVE.
>> Shannon: QUICKLY, AND HE
GETS ON A TIMELINE?
>> I WOULD SAY PROBABLY A LITTLE
BIT MORE THAN 72 HOURS.
I REALLY DON'T KNOW.
I KNOW WE WHERE CERTAIN ASSETS
ARE IN THE AIR MOVING IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION.
IT TOOK RONALD REAGAN TEN DAYS
TO MAKE A DECISION ON THE
SEVENTH OF APRIL FOR THE ATTACK