President Obama’s Former National Security Adviser: Not Enforcing Syria Red Line Was a ‘Colossal Mistake’

The Hill: Former Obama national security adviser blasts decisions in Syria as a 'colossal mistake'

Retired Gen. Jim Jones, President Obama’s first national security adviser, on Sunday blasted the former president's decisions on Syria, saying “it was a colossal mistake to draw a red line.”

Jones told CNN's Jim Sciutto on "State of the Union" that the administration failed to follow up on the statement, which caused a “loss of confidence” in “a very important part of the world.”

"I think at the very least the penalty for [Syrian President] Bashar al Assad for having used chemical weapons on his own people should have been the forfeit of a piece of his territory for -- where refugees could have been handled and might have prevented the flow of refugees into Europe,” Jones said.

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President Obama’s Former National Security Adviser: Not Enforcing Syria Red Line Was a ‘Colossal Mistake’

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