take back the ancient city of palmyra from isis. we ha there is some truth to that. what is-t ignores is the larger picture when shows quite quickly that isis has thrived precisely because of assad's atrocities. it has grown as a result of the vacuum left by the syrian civil war. when you spend time in aleppo, as i do, you see and understand firsthand how it is that this devastating humanitarian conflict is quickly turning into an incubator for extremism. what also confused me is that donald trump also says he would like to see safe zones. so, on the one hand he seems to be willing to let assad do his thing, along with russians and iranians. it would be interesting for me to see how he plans to implement these safe zones because this is an idea that obviously has been put forward by many different