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Regime or even allowed to stay is allowing russia a foothold in the middle east, allowing iranian influence and a base to attack israel. it has all kinds of consequences. what assad has been doing and what the russians have been doing is not attacking isis. they are not not attacking isis. i want to dispute, or disabuse everyone of that notion. there was no isis fighters where this attack just occurred. what they've been doing is eliminating the middle ground and both of assad, iran, russia have been eliminating any middle option so that they leave the world with a binary choice. choose me or ...

Months. on the ground in syria. what does this do logistically and from a war fighter's perspective about how to deal with it? >> i can tell you from my time embedded with these types of tribes and with these groups, when you are fighting alongside them and earning, trying to earn their trust and they've had their tribesmen, their family members gassed, attacked, bombed by assad and russian aircraft and now to hear that assad is okay, it makes it pretty tough for our guys on the ground that are trying to fight. they are focused on isis but when isis is done and defeated, they are going to want...

Regime or even allowed to stay is allowing russia a foothold in the middle east, allowing iranian influence and a base to attack israel. it has all kinds of consequences. what assad has been doing and what the russians have been doing is not attacking isis. they are not not attacking isis. i want to dispute, or disabuse everyone of that notion. there was no isis fighters where this attack just occurred. what they've been doing is eliminating the middle ground and both of assad, iran, russia have been eliminating any middle option so that they leave the world with a binary choice. choose me or ...

Here to weigh in with more is south carolina senator lindsey graham. are you happy with the new dissemination of duties in the pentagon gets to call their own shots. >> i'm very happy from a war fighter's point of view this is great news. president trump says i've got good generals. he's going to let them be generals. the generals are trust be commander. still accountability in the system. the obama administration was mike drove crow management. they would have national security meetings whether or not you could deploy two helicopters. this is a great news for those fighting this war and bad n...

You served with h.r. mcmaster on the so-called council of colonels created by the joint chiefs. how will he fit into this administration, which doesn't seem to have a lot of tolerance for dissent? and his book is considered a real playbook for many in the military. >> h.r. is a good friend and a valued colleague. we served together on multiple occasions, and he's a very forceful advocate for what he believes in. he's very intelligent. he's a proven war fighter, an american hero, and he will put forward his views candidly and with great force. and i think that provided the president is open to ...