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>> i think success at the lowest common denominator would be, first of all, to stop the fighting. with isis gone, to stop the fighting, get cease-fires all over the place and then slowly, with assad staying in place, obviously, for the moment, then transition slowly to some political process that is going to take years, by which syrians legitimately can define and run their own government. the second part of that is to stop this 200 year old tradition since napoleon of foreign countries coming in here with their armies and actively being engaged in warfare. the description you just gave of the...

They established an air base in the middle east, a permanent air base which is a strategic as set for them. if they shot down one of our airplanes, the united states would take down that entire air base. we have overwhelming combat power in the region. multiple land bases and sea platforms. we overwhelm the russians in terms of combat power. they know that. this rhetoric coming out of their mouth is from the minister of defense and it's just bluster on their part. >> bill: under that scenario, general. to keep this conversation going here. what you describe as assad staying in power and the ru...

>> evelyn, what does putin want and what is it that tillerson needs to convey to him? >> well, putin wants the grand deal. he will not give up on that, which is to say he wants to be able to do what he pleases in his geographic periphery. so, ukraine -- >> wou georgia be included? ukraine. >> yes. and he's continued since trump was sworn into office, mike merel and i have a story today, i have to put in a plug. what he's done since january. so, he's continued to move, encroach on ukraine sovereignty in various ways. he'll want that deal. and a deal in syria that includes assad staying. he'll h...