BUT THERE CERTAINLY IS HOPING
THAT SYRIA WILL CHANGE THEIR
WAYS AND THEY WILL NOT HAVE TO
DO THIS AGAIN.
>> ABSOLUTE.
JOHN ROBERTS, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
>> RUSSIA WAS CHAIRED BY THE
PENTAGON SAYS THERE WERE NOT
TOLD EVERYTHING.
THEY HAS THE D CONFLICTION THAT
WAS USED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE AS WE DID NOT TELL THE
RUSSIANS ABOUT SPECIFIC
TARGETS.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT
CHIEFS OF STAFF GENERAL JOSEPH
DUNFORD.
>> WE SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFY
THESE TARGETS TO MITIGATE THE
RISK OF RUSSIAN FORCES BEING
INVOLVED AND WE USED OUR NORMAL
D CONFLICTION CHANNELS.
THOSE ARE ACTIVE THIS WEEK TO
WORK THROUGH THE AIRSPACE ISSUE
AND SO FORTH.
WE DID NOT DO ANY COORDINATION
WITH THE RUSSIANS NOR DO WE WE
NOTIFY THEM.
>> SOMEONE WHO KNOWS ALL ABOUT
THE LOGISTICS, A FORMER
ASSISTANT VICE CHIEF OF STAFF
OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
AND A FORMER B-1 PILOT GOOD TO
SEE YOU.
WELCOME.
>> GOOD TO BE WITH YOU AGAIN.
>> THE ATTACKS WILL REALLY
PRECISION AGAINST THE RESEARCH
LAB AND FACILITIES BUT THE
EFFORT TO TAKE OUT ANY OF THE
COMMAND-AND-CONTROL CENTER.
OR THE INFRASTRUCTURE ON THIS
WHOLE MILITARY.
DO YOU THINK THAT WAS A
MISTAKE?
>> I THINK IT WAS VERY PRUDENT.
LAST NIGHT WAS A VERY
IMPRESSIVE ATTACK.
AMERICANS CAN FEEL VERY PROUD
OF THE MEN AND WOMEN TO SERVE
IN UNIFORM WHO VOLUNTEERED TO
GO INTO HARM'S WAY AND THEY DID
AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB LAST NIGHT.
PRECISION ATTACK HAS BEEN
REPORTED AGAINST THREE CHEMICAL
SITES OR THREE CHEMICAL AREAS.
AGAIN, IT WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE,
VERY EFFECTIVE AND AS REPORTED
BY THE PENTAGON THIS MORNING AT
9:00 BRIEFING IN WASHINGTON
D.C., THE SETBACK OF THE
CHEMICAL PROGRAM WILL BE YEARS.
I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT.
IT WAS A VERY FOCUSED, VERY
PRECISE AND WITH MINIMUM RISK
AND VERY EFFECTIVE.
>> YOU THINK THE INTEREST IS
THE MESSAGE.
OBVIOUSLY THERE IS THIS
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CHEMICAL
WEAPONS THERE.
HE CAN THEN BE CONSTITUTED BUT
STILL, THE MESSAGE DELIVERED.
>> I THINK THE MESSAGE WAS
DELIVERED.
AND AGAIN BY NIKKI HALEY THIS
MORNING AT THE UN SECURITY
COUNCIL.
THEY SAY THE UNITED STATES IS
STILL LOCKED AND LOADED SHOULD
ASSAD TRY TO EMPLOY CHEMICAL
WEAPONS BE THE HARD PART RIGHT
NOW IS WHAT IS NEXT.
IN GENERAL, THE COMMANDER OF US