assad. andrew tabler is a senior fellow at the foreign policy think tank, the washington institute. he told me donald trump had no choice but to launch the strikes. the use of science, which they reginet ofa —— the use of sarin gas, as a result of a weapons deal in 2012, went well over a of a weapons deal in 2012, went well overa numberof lines. it of a weapons deal in 2012, went well overa number of lines. it was of a weapons deal in 2012, went well over a number of lines. it was not the first use of chemical agents, but it... i think it caused the drug administration to call the military strikes in syria. —— the trump administration. it sent a message to president assad, and i think it will be received. what is responsible, i am not sure. it was a unilateral response by the us. what have you made while watching the exchanges at the un of the international responses? there is some debate on this. the fact of the matter is, it is in noi's this. the fact of the matter is, it is in no 1's interest, including the 190 signatories of the chemical weapons convention, which syria agreed to in 2015. it's in all of their interests not use chemical weapons. assad decided that agreement, which