CNN CNN Newsroom With Fredricka Whitfield September 19, 2015 15:50:00
Middle east? >> yeah, i think that's a fair assessment. what we see in syria is them losing, and they want to make sure they don't lose what little bit they have. and syria is the one place in which they feel they can do that. and you're right, our policy is not having the desired effects so the russians have stepped in. from a military point of view, putin's doing a very good job here. they brought down a very good force package to do what they need to do. but, why is he doing this? why does he think he can get away with this? if you look at our reaction to what he's doing in crimea and is do...