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Policies, about a strategy, understanding how the world works and how american leadership matters. look at syria. in the last month donald trump has said let isis take out assad, then he said let russia take out isis. he was happy that russia is in syria. that's not in our strategic interests to allow russia to gain influence. they're ferrell bombing the innocents. this problem is cascading throughout the region. there's a million refugees heading towards europe. you can't expect the soviet union whose only objective is to prop up its client state, assad, this lack of understanding how the wor...

Understanding how the world works and how american leadership matters. look at syria. in the last month donald trump has said let isis take out assad, then he said let russia take out isis. he was happy that russia is in syria. that's not in our strategic interests to allow russia to gain influence. they're barrel bombing the innocents in syria. this problem is cascading throughout the region. there's a million refugees heading towards europe. you can't expect the soviet union whose only objective is to prop up its client state, assad, to take out isis. that's not their intention. this lack of...

Forward. secondly, president obama says that it will be stepping up the enga engagement in syria, and increase the weapons shipment, and the so far the allies have dropped more than 171 air strikes on syria, and the surrounding region all aimed to combat isis. president obama also saying that moving forward, top officials here in the united states will have contact with the top officials of russia to make sure there is no engagement with other countries dropping the air strikes. and you have members of congress who are expressing concern that the dropping of the air strikes in syria could ulti...

Aiming at and what targets were eventually hit. >> reporter: do you take putin at his word he's only going after the islamic state? >> well, the department of defense will take a look at the russian military activities in syria and may have more information to share about that in the days ahead. your question, though, does raise, i think, something that warrants mentioning here at the outset. which is, we are seeing the russians ramp up their support for president assad. they have been supporting him for quite some time. and it's clear that they have made a significant military investment now ...

Influence in one client state they have in the middle east and this is in contrast to or at least calls into question their strategy because when vladimir putin and president obama had a chance to meet at the un much of their discussion was focused on the need for a political transition inside syria. there are well-known differences about what the transition looks like. there is a need for political solution to the problems plaguing syria. that means russia will not succeed in opposing a military solution on syria. anymore than the united states is successful in imposing a military solution in...