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Might look like it emboldens assad. >> assad now is sitting pretty. he has momentum on his side. the last important town that was held by isis, isis has been driven away. the non-villages, the non-terrorist opposition to him, which was backed by the u.s. in the past is not getting the same kind of love from washington under the trump administration. assad is sitting pretty. he has two powerful patrons who are closer to him physically than the united states in iran and russia. >> our defees of isis which was necessary because it was a horrible organization, while they have in large part been de...

That's where the calderon is. that's where isis is based. that's where the syria problem is. if he'd gone to indonesia or another muslim country, i think it would have been tone deaf to the problems we create. i don't criticize them. i understand, and farah makes a good point. i don't think he had a choice. he also understands there's a strategic relationship being developed between the israelis and the calledies and the jordanians and egyptians. that is very promising and to align against iran and align against isis, you want to be a part of that. difference what saudi practices is deplorable...

>> well, i don't know. the answer is i don't know what the reason is but one my surmise we've heard this president talk very often at the top of the show as a desire to work with the russians to solve the syria problem. perhaps he was sharing some pieces of information that he had in his head from some briefing that he could impress upon the russians in a way that he could help their efforts in their relationships with assad and in solving part of the syria problem. perhaps. but here's my larger question, brooke. why is the president of the united states in an oval office meeting with our adve...

Discover yet another layer of complexity to the syria problem. it may scare him off or it may strengthen his resolve to do something about it. >> vivian, from your seat, is what we're watching just a presidency, a circle of aides and a mindset just kind of revolving and changing? >> of course, and that's bound to happen. again, just the fact that it is happening so quickly and within the first 100 days. remember this is a group that is very new to politics, washington and governing, a lot of them, including president donald trump. and so they're coming to grips with the process of our governme...

To be developed, you have to take account of the realities. and the realities at this point, starting point are, i mentioned three in particular. first, the russians and iranians have facts on the ground through thousands of troops they've committed there and the iranians have lost more than 1,000 in battle. second, the diplomatic process is dead in the water as near as i can determine. we stepped back from it, and it's been run principally by russians, iranians and turks. we have to get back in that game if we want to play here. and third, the opposition is divided, not coherent, not cohesive...