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The other side, the military, they are focusing on isirs, al qaeda, the fight. that's more than syria and iraq. that's the entire middle east, the global war on terror. these are two separate things happening right now. it's -- we're at a hell of a crossroads. >> part of the crossroads, and i mentioned this earlier, that's russian forces being on the ground for about a month. what is not being said about this topic right now? we're looking at what the administration is saying. we're looking at what the russians are saying. is this part of that? just that fact that the russian forces have been ...

Mistake before of getting involved in the middle east and thinking that it was the united states' problem to solve, that it was a military problem and worth american lives and money and influence to be expended. it depends who you are. it doesn't -- i think we'll see the larger outcome will just have to be, when does peace in syria come, and how does it happen? >> so to all of those constituencies, is there a single clear objective that you believe that has been communicated well? >> i think the only thing in common everybody wants is peace in syria. and some sort of settling of the con confli...

Especially, i should say, after last week, secretary of defense carter said the raids like we saw would continue. you should expect to see more of them. the white house got behind his own leaders. they had to catch up and came up with this statement. debating a way forward in syria. they are waiting for a bigger way forward to come from the administration. the command in baghdad has already sent up the chain their advice for different ways forward. we're waiting to see what happens there. so, yes, russia being there, forces this administration to rethink what it's going to do and what it's goi...

Those against assad as well. >> it's multifactorial in terms of objectives. >> the talks ended without a clear plan. bashar al assad, does he step down and need to sign a peace proposal? where is his role in this? what is this saying of the u.s./russia -- the diplomatic strategy and how well they are working together to get a solution here. >> i always think it's a good idea to engage and to talk and at least know what your interlocketers think. listening to the press conference yesterday we're still very far away from the russians in terms of what a political solution might be. it's the same ...

New developments in the u.s.-led efforts to fight isis. the u.s. is pledging nearly $100 million in new aid to support syria's opposition. the deputy secretary of state made that announcement at a security conference saturday. and says funding will go towards services like education for syrian children and access to electricity and water. it coincides with peace talks in vienna and a day after the administration's decision to send special ops forces to fight isis in syria. joining me is the former u.s. ambassador to russia. so the latest piece of information here because we were talking about ...