mr. eisenstadt, before the latest coalition strikes, you wrote w that the problems in sya will not end with a single set of strikes. what did and didn't the united states and written and friends accomplish what happened on friday night? guess it would probably do them harm and damage of the chemical weapons capabilities. although the department to defense briefings with the targets that would not i likely result in harm to civilians. there probably were other chemical weapons related to targets we didn't head for thatn reason. our experience in the past is that, you know, for instance after the strike a year ago we didn't stop the regime from using chemical weapons. there was a force for a while and they are using by and large less lethal agents as chlorine rather than staring gas. there may be some beneficial humanitarian results from this. in terms of stopping the regime's military operation, chemicals are really important. they never were a game changer although they were more important earlier in the war. now the regime has such an overwhelming preponderance and the russians and the ira

mr. michael eisenstadt, i if you could just give us a little more information in regards to the feelings of the people in that area. the other night i was listening broadcasting and the gentleman that was instrumental taking down the statue that when ad of saddam hussein we went in there and american trucks pulled them down. was imprisoned 11 years under saddam and he said we invaded ry that that country because the country than it ever ape he under saddam, even though as a dictator and did things dictators do, he said not one person in iraq wouldn't wish him back because the christians were not persecuted and i know that have some ecause i iraqi friends that are christian their t they hear from families left there and syria, too -- is the question? aller: i guess i'm saying, our involvement for 17 years, area, i object to the president dropping those bombs ago leaving these craters when in the united in our e have craters roads that look like they were bombed. this money spent in the wrong area. point.ot your guest: i wouldn't presume to speak for iraqis, i will say iraqi friends.m ther

mr. eisenstadt, before the latest coalition strikes, you wrote w that the problems in sya will not end with a single set of strikes. what did and didn't the united states and written and friends accomplish what happened on friday night? guess it would probably do them harm and damage of the chemical weapons capabilities. although the department to

mr. michael eisenstadt's opinion this.'t think the conversation should be whether or not we a ove assad, it seems like lot of people are agreeing with that now. but what i want to of callers e a lot who are from generations much hear a lotmine and i news make ut in the america great again in the ostalgia in the time we were the only power aside from the soviet union. are we move intoing a multi polar world from a unipolar world? if we are, how do we respond to ifferent forms of government without overreacting to states?ratic >> let me just say, the way i ould put it is that the problems we face nowadays are bigger than one country can deal with. with allys to deal with problems we face, in the middle east or elsewhere. we are seeing now with rise of hina and india and russia playing an important role in the middle east in part as a result think we made, there are other actors that we've not been accustomed having take account of their interests. so that is just a fact of life and something we have to get to and live with.