Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20180430:02:23:00
Deconfliction center cannot notify the mercenaries on the ground the u.s. air force was coming in. >> reporter: after all, mercenaries are deniable and dispensable. >> there's nothing necessarily wrong with using contract soldiers. unless of course you're lying to your own people and trying to cover up the true nature of a country's involvement in a military adventure in a third country. >> reporter: russia's adventure in syria is no secret. it sent tens of thousands of troops there over the last three years. the secret is that there are about 3,000 other russian fighters in syria under arms b...