other world leaders just don't bode well. >> what about the idea that -- how concerning is that to you? and that again according to "the washington post," steve. >> it's concerning because i think it's part of the pattern of sort of this avoidance of the russia problem because we don't want to make vladimir putin, we don't want to irritate russia. and this is the great myth, because russia can be helpful to us. theoretically can russia be helpful to us? i think that's what the administration is trying to say. it's a little bit like an addict saying i would like drug dealer to help me deal with my problem. yeah, i guess they could help somehow. but the bottom line is on south korea, on many of these issues, russia's interest simply don't coincide with ours. syria is little bit different because russia got in when we