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They established an air base in the middle east, a permanent air base which is a strategic as set for them. if they shot down one of our airplanes, the united states would take down that entire air base. we have overwhelming combat power in the region. multiple land bases and sea platforms. we overwhelm the russians in terms of combat power. they know that. this rhetoric coming out of their mouth is from the minister of defense and it's just bluster on their part. >> bill: under that scenario, general. to keep this conversation going here. what you describe as assad staying in power and the ru...

It started off we wanted assad gone. then when the russians showed up, we decided that we were going to fight and isis showed up, we were going to fight isis and we got off of the whole assad business and respond only when there are chemical weapons used. so our role in the war has changed dramatically over the last few years. >> let's look at options. the first option is small and limited, very similar to what we did last year. 59 cruise missiles targeted at an airfield that was thought to be the airfield from which a chemical attack was launched. it was limited in scope. >> we could do it ag...