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>>> THE TIME KEEPS ON MOVING.
DELAYING THE STRIKE THE U.S.
WANTS TO CARRY OUT IN SYRIA.
THAT GIVES BASHAR AL-ASSAD'S
REGIME TIME TO PREPARE.
>> WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH A
POSSIBLE U.S. MISSION?
JOINING US RETIRED GENERAL WHO
COMMANDED THE MILITARY RESPONSE
TO HURRICANE KATRINA.
HE'S BEEN IN THE MILITARY FOR
SOME 30 YEARS.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
I IMAGINE YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE
MAP AND WONDERING ABOUT THESE
REPORTS OF PRESIDENT ASSAD
MOVING THINGS AROUND, THINGS
THAT WOULD LIKELY BE TARGETED.
HOW DOES THIS COMPLICATE THINGS
NOW THAT THERE'S A DELAY?
>> WELL, IT DOES BECAUSE HE
DISRUPT HIS BATTLE WITH THE
REBELS AND THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS
AND HE GOES TO HIDING HIS
DELIVERY SYSTEMS AS WELL AS
POSSIBLY HIDING HIS AIRCRAFT AND
TRYING TO MASK AND PROTECTING
THOSE CHEMICAL WEAPONS HE'S
STASHED AWAY FOR FUTURE USE.
IT PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY ON
THE OTHER SIDE FOR THE FREEDOM
FIGHTERS SO THEY CAN GET RE
RESUPPLY AND TAKE CARE OF THE
WOUNDED.
IT GIVES THE UNITED STATES AND
ALLIES TO RESUPPLY THEM AND GET
EVERYBODY ON BOARD WITH WHAT'S
GOING TO HAPPEN AS FAR AS HUH DO
WE HELP THEM SUSTAIN THEMSELVES
AND TAKE CARE OF ALL THOSE
REFUGEES THAT YOU WERE TALKING
ABOUT IN THE LAST SEGMENT.
>> WE'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE.
THEY MOVE STUFF INTO CIVILIAN
AREAS.
HOW EASY IS IT TO MOVE THOSE
PIECES INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD?
>> WE'VE SEEN THEM DO IT
EFFECTIVELY.
TWO MEN LEADING THIS FIGHT AND
GENERAL DEMPSEY, THE CHAIRMAN
JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFFS.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE.
WITH ENOUGH ASSURANCE THEY CAN
FIGURE OUT WHAT ARE THE HIGH
VALUE TARGETS.
WHAT ARE THE ONES THEY WANT TO
AVOID BECAUSE THE EXPERIENCE
SHOW THEY WILL PUT THOSE INSIDE
THE AREAS, INSIDE A MOSQUE,
INSIDE CHURCHES, INSIDE SCHOOL
BUILDINGS.
WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THOSE TRICKS.
THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
I HAVE FAITH IN THE NAVY.
>> ONE THING I DON'T UNDERSTAND
IS THE PRESIDENT SAID IT'S NOT
TIME SENSITIVE.
IT WOULD HAPPEN IN A DAY OR A
WEEK OR A MONTH.
WHAT WOULD BE THE TRIGGER POINT
WHERE THE U.S. WOULD ACT.
WOULD THEY FIND SOMETHING OR SEE
SOMETHING AND GO IN RIGHT AWAY?
>> YEAH.
THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
I THINK WHAT PEOPLE NEED TO GET
A GRIP WITH, WE'RE TRYING TO
HOLD THE STANDARD OF A STRIKE
AGAINST ASSAD BECAUSE HE IS USED
CHEMICAL WEAPONS TO A D
DECLARATION OF WAR.
THE 18th AIRBORNE IS FOLLOWING.
THE SPECIAL ARBITRATION TROOPS
GOING IN.
THIS IS NOT THAT TYPE OF
OPERATION.
THIS IS A STRIKE BECAUSE THIS
MAN USED CHEMICAL WEAPONS
AGAINST HIS PEOPLE.
WHAT THAT WILL GIVE US AN
OPPORTUNITY TO DO AND TIME IS ON
OUR SIDE, NOT ON HIS SIDE.
TIME FOR THE REBELS TO RESUPPLY.
TIME FOR US TO GET THEM SOME OF
THE SPECIAL AMMUNITIONS AND TIME
FOR WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE
SIDELINE.
WE DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING IS WHO
THE PRESIDENT IS TALKING TO.
THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE THAT MAY
BRING CAPACITY FOR WHAT THE
REBELS DON'T HAVE.
I THINK TIME IS ON OUR SIDE.
NOT ON ASSAD'S SIDE.