James Jeffrey: “the U.S. will not tolerate, quote, 'an attack, period, and that any offensive is to us objectionable as a reckless…”

A political solution is highly unlikely with a government acting the way the current Assad government acts.

What we got was a marginal product. It also does the job for 10 years of keeping them a year away from having a nuclear capability if they adhere to it.

What we really need in Idlib and throughout the rest of the country is a cease-fire.

We would much prefer to pursue the positive agenda of deescalation and political reinvigoration I just described, but we are prepared to maintain our policy of pressure...