here. embracing nato is not something vladimir putin is going to like. he is taking steps to ramp up the pressure. >> an aligning with china. that is smart. if russia is not going to play nicely and you decide that -- >> pressure points on russia in different directions to try to get something you may want out of syria. to the ambassador's point. if he was just going off half cocked starting a trade war or putting the muslim ban in as he tried to do. he tempered from there. we saw this in the bannon story. >> he just sent 59 tomahawk missiles into syria and sent an armada into north korea. >> he sent a strong political statement. that is short of having a bigger strategy with regard to syria. it was measured. there are constraints around what he is doing in syria. i think that's one of the reasons why there's been some