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Say maybe the starkest way to say this is that only a week or two before trump made this decision, senior officials in this government said our policy in syria was to do three things, to destroy isis, to draw down -- to destroy isis, to get iran out, and to construct a political settlement for the syria problem. so by abruptly announcing that we're leaving, i think people in the world don't know what to think. they don't know what to believe. it's made the united states a very unstable, unpredictable partner at a time when the world is that way itself. so typically we tend to anchor and stabil...

An impact we have to really up the game diplomatically, and militarily, in order to have an impact on the outcome of this -- this vast syria problem. >> andrea, we're learning there's going to be an all-senators briefing tomorrow. reuters reporting that's that got to be dunford and mattis briefing them. as john alludes to, my sense, a lot more support in congress for the limited version of this mission. already a lot of noise about a potential use of military force. certainly if the strategy is broader than just an isis fighting strategy? seems it might get more traction. your thoughts? >> rep...

Redline, the one that madeleine albright was talking about, that he ignored, he handed it off to the russians. that is right, he colluded with the russians to syria problem, it gave russia an opportunity to get a stronghold in that region, and now, if we try to do something against assad, we are doing something against the russians also. it is much more escalated thanks to the obama and john kerry and competence. >> shannon: there are no easy solutions. as the white house tries to figure out the appropriate response. leslie, larry, kurt, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> shannon: more news...

>> but how do you do that? the diplomatic process in geneva they keep talking about has never worked. now they had a meeting on syria last week, which didn't even include the united states. it was erdogan and rohani from iran and putin. so robert ford, what would the next steps be? >> i think we have to be reasonable about what's achievable. i agree with david that it would be far easier if assad would step aside. but assad is not going to step aside, and militarily, his forces are prevailing in the important western parts of syria. his forces have recaptured all of the population centers. he'...

U.s. troops out of syria within five to six months from now, but reportedly warned his national security team to not call it any sort of a timeline. can you explain that, what the significance is of calling a time frame a timeline? >> whenever you're talking about deployment of u.s. forces overseas and the word timeline enters the situation, you may signal to your adversaries exactly what you're leaving and exactly on what terms you're leaving. that of course doesn't work to your advantage. i can understand from the president's perspective why he is frustrated aftt what seems le an extended, p...