syria. so, you know, i don't know that i find turkey to be a more reliable ally than germany or france. granted, they all have their issues. there's all things we wish they were doing differently. but that was sort of his take was that we don't want to lose turkey to the russian sphere of influence. >> interesting take on his part. you're right. >> it was. it was a fascinating meeting, chuck. i will absolutely say that. >> it doesn't compute. i mean, it doesn't compute. turkey's been courting russia and russia's been courting turkey and we've let it happen. i mean, did he explain why he was okay with the weapons system? >> well, not really okay. i mean, again, he doesn't want us to sanction turkey too harshly. i believe, at least the administration policy is, cut off the f-35 if they buy the s 400 and they're sticking to that. they're a little more squeem irk squeamish on the sanctions.