they're still struggling internally. the last thing they need is to add to their difficulties and they also don't want to spawn the military from the israeli defense force, the most powerful one in the region, against their assets there. so they want to try to be under the radar. this time they went too far. >> jon: the russians are propping up the syrian government. what are the dangers of russian involvement maybe against israel here? >> that is one of the definite problems that anrikts the whole area. the whole syria thing exposes how fragile and chaotic the whole middle east is. russia doesn't have an interest in war against israel. high-level negotiations between the nations are deconflicting. russia is on a delicate timeline.