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WAIT UNTIL THE PRESIDENT IS
READY.
RIGHT NOW, U.S. MILITARY
OFFICIALS ARE REFINING THEIR
TARGETS IN SYRIA.
LOOKING AT THE LATEST
INTELLIGENCE TO SEE WHAT HAS
BEEN MOVED AND WHERE.
>> IT'S MUCH HARDER NOW THAN IT
WOULD HAVE IF WE'D HAVE ACTED
INITIALLY.
>> SENATOR JOHN McCAIN DISAGREES
WITH SOME OFFICIALS WHO SAY U.S.
INTELLIGENCE AND TARGETING
TECHNOLOGIES CAN OVERCOME
ANYTHING SYRIAN PRESIDENT BASHAR
AL ASSAD TRIES TO HIDE.
>> THE CHAIRMAN HAS INDICATED TO
ME THAT OUR KA CAPACITY TO EXEC
THIS MISSION IS NOT TIME
SENSITIVE.
>> Reporter: FIVE ARMY SHIPS IN
THE EASTERN BAY, EACH ARMED WITH
ABOUT 40 TOMAHAWK MISSILES.
MONDAY, THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER
MOVED INTO THE RED SAW ALONG
WITH ITS BATTLE GROUP.
GENERAL MARTIN DEMPSEY ASSURED
HIM STRIKES WOULD BE JUST AS
EFFECTIVE A MONTH FROM NOW.
>> I'M ASTOUNDED WHEN THE
CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF
STAFF SAYS IT DOESN'T MATTER.
>> Reporter: SOME FORMER
COMMANDERS SAY IT MOST CERTAINLY
DOES.
>> A SCUD BATTERY THAT WE COULD
HAVE FOUND IN THE OPEN ON
SATURDAY WILL NOW BE NEXT TO A
MOSQUE TEN DAYS FROM NOW.
>> Reporter: RETIRED GENERAL
MICHAEL SHORT COMMANDED THE AIR
MISSION OVER KOSOVO.
WHILE SOME TARGETS, LIKE SYRIAN
MILITARY AND POLICE HEADQUARTERS
ARE STATIC, SHORT SAYS THERE'S
NOW A GREATER RISK YOU HIT THE
DEFENSE MINISTRY WITH NO DEFENSE
MINISTERS INSIDE.
>> YOU'LL HAVE AN INCREDIBLE
PICTURE OF THE BUILDING COMING
DOWN WHEN IT'S STRUCK BY A
COUPLE OF CRUISE MISSILES.
BUT ASSAD'S ABILITY HAS BEEN
IMPACTED NOT AT ALL.
>> Reporter: PENTAGON OFFICIALS
SAY THEY ARE CONFIDENCE BECAUSE
NUMBER ONE, THEY DO NOT THINK
THAT ASSAD CAN HIDE VERY
IMPORTANT TARGETS.
THEY DON'T FEEL HE HAS THE
LARGE, FORTIFIED UNDERGROUND
BUNKERS.
YOU CAN'T PARK MANY OF THOSE
NEXT TO AN URBAN SCHOOL OR A
MOSQUE.
RUNWAYS ARE OUT IN THE OPEN.
AND THEY THINK THAT AFTER A
COUPLE YEARS OF INTENSE
FIGHTING, THAT ASSAD'S FORCES