it's understanding where you can put boots on the ground effectively to create a front. and right now syria is simply not a place we can do that. i'm not saying we should not have military activities within syria. i'm talking about when it comes to military commitment on the part of the united states and putting ground troops in the only viable place that i can see right now is in iraq. we have the peshmerga who are willing to fight if we could give them sufficient arms. we've seen already they took back sinjar, i think they could do more with a lot more support of the u.s. and the same is true this is very important that we bond with the sunni militias and not join a coalition with iran and the -- >> uh-huh. >> -- syria, to try to join a shiite group, if you will, and russia, to try to take back isis. that's the wrong approach. we need to bond with the sunnis and take back isis territory with sunni troops. >> senator, can i ask you a question quickly about what donald trump and ben carson said today or over the last few days about seeing some video of