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Going to happen. but i think there's a very fine distinction between the u.s. and russia coordinating their actions and deconflicting. and i think what we're going to see here, assuming that this conversation actually begins, because it has not actually begun between the u.s. and russia, is more of a decon flikz, so not too unlike what we saw today where a russian general went to the embassy in baghdad and knocked on the door with a written statement, saying, we're going to begin bombing in syria in the next hour, versus coordination. it will probably be a little bit more formal than that goin...

That's al-nusra. the islamic state hold the capital and aleppo. that's the central swathe of syria. so he's not targeting them at the moment. we've got to remember as well, when he does want to target them, he's going to have to get the intelligence first. put up drones, look at the intelligence, and that will take a little bit of time to work out. he'll have the human intelligence side from assad's forces, but it takes a while to gain the data and get the target sequencing in line and then launch the attacks. >> are we talking about a situation where the united states will have to take a back...

Mikey, what do we make of that? you've been saying this is not unexpected, that you're not surprised by any of this. >> i don't think we should be, because what putin did last year, in terms of crimea and protecting the black sea straights huge russian naval base, which gives him access to the mediterranean and into the middle east. not only important for maritime force projection to do what he needs to do in the middle east, but also important for his economy. the world bank have predicted inflation is going through the roof. and western sanctions from the ukraine are still imposed. so he's g...