Nauert on Syria Strikes: ‘We Degraded Their Ability to Use Chemical Weapons’

EXCERPT:

NAUERT: "Let’s go back to why the United States and its coalition partners are in Syria to begin with. It’s not to fiddle with the civil war that’s been taking place there since 2011. The sole purpose —"
HEMMER: "I get it. But why --" [crosstalk]
NAUERT: "-- let me answer your question. Bill, let me answer your question. The sole reason we are there is to take out ISIS. But as we start to see in the world community watches as Syria kills innocent men, women and children, backed by Bashar al-Assad, backed by Russia, backed by Iran, the United States and allies had to act. And so that’s exactly what we did. As for the military planners and why they choose certain targets that’s in their lane. I can’t comment on that from the State Department. But I can tell you that we believe we degraded their ability to use chemical weapons to kill people."