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To fear for their lives. we never wanted anybody to leave aleppo because we didn't want the city to be under siege as it has been. >> we know the syrian military is going after all sorts of sites in aleppo, around aleppo. i'll ask what i asked fred pleitgen. what is the russian role as far as you know, john. right now, how much of a military offensive are they taking part in this assault? >> i think fred's reporting very much tracks with what we know and what information we have about russia's role. make no mistake, whether or not russian tech tackle aircraft are dropping bombs i know they cla...

Without grabbing the resources of those we defeated. and donald trump made a point of emphasis in this campaign, saying we should have kept the oil. so a couple clear shots there, but colonel jack, what did you make of that? >> one thing to keep in mind is that dropping bombs on people is exactly the strategy this president's used. doesn't make it a bad thing. it's been very, very successful, as a matter of fact. targeted strikes on the infrastructure of isis has paid big dividends and he said so himself. what we're relying on is the training of indigenous forces to hold on to what we give the...

One is to signal that help is on the way. the other is to get some of the fighters out of there. >> yeah. i think there is a little confusion here on the distinction between tactical surprise which you don't want to give up. don't let an opponent know at this moment we'll start dropping bombs, this is where the s.e.a.l.s. come in, this is where the helicopter wave arrives. don't give up tactical surprise. strategic maneuvers, strategic dialogue to accomplish what you mentioned as well as to make the strategic communication point to the islamic state. we are coming after you. that has a chillin...

Conflict. time to look to start helping these people instead of just bombing them. we have to start helping the refugees in jordan and turkey and bringing more refugees home. i mean, continuing this war fare is senseless. all we're doing, obviously, the russians are not going to go away. this is their client's state. i don't know why somebody hasn't realized that yet. but this is not going to end well in the united states if we keep on dropping bombs. >> the concern of helping on the ground is that you can't create safe zones because of where the russians are bombing. so, the military componen...

Rebels failed. >> the ones in the fight is -- we're talking four or five. >> u.s.-led airstrikes took out the man who beheaded hosages in propaganda videos. >> we're reasonably certain that we killed the target that we intended to kill, which is jihady john. >> but the situation grew more complicated as russia started dropping bombs. president vladimir putin coordinating airstrikes we syrian dictator bashar al-assad. >> their basic theory how to solve syria has not worked and will not work. >> russia claimed to target islamic state fighter but many of their airstrikes reportedly hit u.s.-backe...