WEBVTT 0 00:00:05.100 --> 00:00:06.800 >>> AFTER PRESIDENT OBAMA DREW 1 00:00:06.800 --> 00:00:10.233 CRITICISM LAST WEEK WITH HIS 2 00:00:10.233 --> 00:00:10.900 COMMENTS ABOUT NOT HAVING A 3 00:00:10.900 --> 00:00:11.633 STRATEGY TO DEAL WITH ISIS AND 4 00:00:11.633 --> 00:00:14.333 SYRIA, WE HEARD YESTERDAY A VERY 5 00:00:14.333 --> 00:00:16.166 DIFFERENT AND DECISIVE MESSAGE 6 00:00:16.166 --> 00:00:16.900 FROM THE PRESIDENT WHEN HE SPOKE 7 00:00:16.900 --> 00:00:20.166 ABOUT ISIS AT THE NATO SUMMIT IN 8 00:00:20.166 --> 00:00:20.467 WALES. 9 00:00:20.467 --> 00:00:21.200 >> THERE'S GREAT CONVICTION THAT 10 00:00:21.200 --> 00:00:23.233 WE HAVE TO ACT AS PART OF THE 11 00:00:23.233 --> 00:00:25.867 INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO 12 00:00:25.867 --> 00:00:27.834 DEGRADE AND ULTIMATELY DESTROY 13 00:00:27.834 --> 00:00:28.200 ISIL. 14 00:00:28.200 --> 00:00:30.500 WE WILL DEGRADE AND ULTIMATELY 15 00:00:30.500 --> 00:00:31.467 DEFEAT ISIL. 16 00:00:31.467 --> 00:00:34.867 >> IS THAT WHAT WILL HAPPEN 17 00:00:34.867 --> 00:00:35.166 NEXT? 18 00:00:35.166 --> 00:00:35.834 WE WILL DEGRADE AND DEFEAT? 19 00:00:35.834 --> 00:00:36.867 >> THEY WILL BEGIN THE PROCESS 20 00:00:36.867 --> 00:00:39.033 AND HE HAS ONE AND OTHERS HAVE 21 00:00:39.033 --> 00:00:40.500 THAT THIS IS NOT SOMETHING AT 22 00:00:40.500 --> 00:00:42.266 THIS TABLE HAVE SUGGESTED THIS 23 00:00:42.266 --> 00:00:43.133 IS NOT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS 24 00:00:43.133 --> 00:00:44.300 OVERNIGHT AND THE MILITARY CAN 25 00:00:44.300 --> 00:00:45.967 ONLY BE ONE PIECE OF A LARGER 26 00:00:45.967 --> 00:00:46.300 PROBLEM. 27 00:00:46.300 --> 00:00:47.667 THE TROUBLE IS THAT RIGHT NOW 28 00:00:47.667 --> 00:00:52.333 THERE IS A PROBLEM AND IT HAS TO 29 00:00:52.333 --> 00:00:52.767 BE ADDRESSED. 30 00:00:52.767 --> 00:00:53.467 IN AN IDEAL WORLD, YOU STAND 31 00:00:53.467 --> 00:00:54.200 BACK AND LET THE ARAB COUNTRIES 32 00:00:54.200 --> 00:00:54.667 DEAL WITH THIS. 33 00:00:54.667 --> 00:00:56.367 YOU CAN SAY AND MANY PEOPLE IN 34 00:00:56.367 --> 00:00:58.233 THIS COUNTRY DO SAY, IT'S THEIR 35 00:00:58.233 --> 00:00:59.633 PROBLEM, LET THEM FIX IT. 36 00:00:59.633 --> 00:01:01.500 THE ANALOGY I MAKE IS IT'S LIKE 37 00:01:01.500 --> 00:01:04.900 YOU'RE IN A -- YOU LIVE ON A 38 00:01:04.900 --> 00:01:05.967 NICE BLOCK, A NICE STREET, AND 39 00:01:05.967 --> 00:01:06.967 SOMEBODY WHO LIVES AT THE END OF 40 00:01:06.967 --> 00:01:08.266 THE STREET IS THROWING THEIR 41 00:01:08.266 --> 00:01:09.500 GARBAGE OUT IN THE OPEN AND SOON 42 00:01:09.500 --> 00:01:14.567 THAT'S ATTRACTING WILD ANIMALS 43 00:01:14.567 --> 00:01:15.300 AND YOUR KID IS GOING OUT IN THE 44 00:01:15.300 --> 00:01:15.834 STREET IS IN DANGER. 45 00:01:15.834 --> 00:01:16.767 IF YOU DON'T DO SOMETHING ABOUT 46 00:01:16.767 --> 00:01:18.200 IT, THOSE WILD ANIMALS COME TO 47 00:01:18.200 --> 00:01:19.000 YOUR BACKYARD. 48 00:01:19.000 --> 00:01:20.033 WHAT DO YOU SAY? 49 00:01:20.033 --> 00:01:21.100 CALL YOUR NEIGHBOR AND SAY YOU 50 00:01:21.100 --> 00:01:21.900 HAVE TO FIX IT OR GATHER THE 51 00:01:21.900 --> 00:01:26.467 REST OF THE STREET TOGETHER AND 52 00:01:26.467 --> 00:01:27.200 CLEAN UP OR GET RID OF THE WILD 53 00:01:27.200 --> 00:01:27.533 ANIMALS? 54 00:01:27.533 --> 00:01:28.166 THIS IS THE NATURE OF THE 55 00:01:28.166 --> 00:01:29.300 PROBLEM. 56 00:01:29.300 --> 00:01:30.000 RIGHT NOW THERE IS A PROBLEM 57 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:30.667 THAT NEEDS TO BE DEALT WITH 58 00:01:30.667 --> 00:01:34.033 IMMEDIATELY AND THAT IS A 59 00:01:34.033 --> 00:01:34.800 MILITARY THREAT. 60 00:01:34.800 --> 00:01:35.433 IT IS A TERRORIST THREAT. 61 00:01:35.433 --> 00:01:36.066 >> I DO THINK PART OF THE 62 00:01:36.066 --> 00:01:39.834 QUESTION ABOUT -- SO IF WE KNOW 63 00:01:39.834 --> 00:01:40.533 THAT THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE 64 00:01:40.533 --> 00:01:43.767 GARBAGE IS OUT, WE KNOW HOW TO 65 00:01:43.767 --> 00:01:45.333 GO FIX IT. 66 00:01:45.333 --> 00:01:46.033 I GUESS WHAT I AM LESS CLEAR 67 00:01:46.033 --> 00:01:46.767 ABOUT IS WHETHER OR NOT WE KNOW 68 00:01:46.767 --> 00:01:47.900 WHAT THE FIX IT IS HERE, THAT 69 00:01:47.900 --> 00:01:49.367 THERE MAY BE WAYS WE HAVE A 70 00:01:49.367 --> 00:01:52.934 GENERAL KIND OF MILITARY 71 00:01:52.934 --> 00:01:56.867 RESPONSE BUT THAT MAY NOT BE HOW 72 00:01:56.867 --> 00:01:59.600 WE FIX IT IN THIS CASE. 73 00:01:59.600 --> 00:02:00.567 >> I DON'T THINK THE PRESIDENT 74 00:02:00.567 --> 00:02:01.567 DESCRIBED IT CORRECTLY. 75 00:02:01.567 --> 00:02:04.133 DEGRADE AND DEFEAT ARE UBER 76 00:02:04.133 --> 00:02:04.700 NEBULOUS TERMS. 77 00:02:04.700 --> 00:02:06.533 IF THE GUY CAME TO MAE AND SAID 78 00:02:06.533 --> 00:02:08.433 THAT'S THE MISSION, I WOULD SAY, 79 00:02:08.433 --> 00:02:11.967 WHAT DO YOU ACTUALLY WANT ME TO 80 00:02:11.967 --> 00:02:12.233 DO? 81 00:02:12.233 --> 00:02:12.900 HERE IS WHERE I DO DISAGREE 82 00:02:12.900 --> 00:02:14.967 ABOUT THE BOMBING. 83 00:02:14.967 --> 00:02:16.600 I THINK IT IS ESSENTIAL. 84 00:02:16.600 --> 00:02:17.700 THE IRAQIS CAN'T TAKE BACK THEIR 85 00:02:17.700 --> 00:02:19.567 COUNTRY WITHOUT SUPPORT. 86 00:02:19.567 --> 00:02:20.633 THAT'S ACHIEVABLE. 87 00:02:20.633 --> 00:02:24.967 THAT'S ACHIEVABLE IN THE 88 00:02:24.967 --> 00:02:25.500 RELATIVE SHORT TERM. 89 00:02:25.500 --> 00:02:26.233 >> SO DO WE CARE IF THEY GO INTO 90 00:02:26.233 --> 00:02:29.300 SYRIA AND REMAIN IN SYRIA? 91 00:02:29.300 --> 00:02:29.934 >> WE CAN HAVE A SEPARATE 92 00:02:29.934 --> 00:02:30.500 CONVERSATION ON THAT. 93 00:02:30.500 --> 00:02:31.133 I THINK IT'S A LESSER AND 94 00:02:31.133 --> 00:02:34.266 MANAGEABLE PROBLEM IF THEY'VE 95 00:02:34.266 --> 00:02:34.967 BEEN DISORGANIZED AND DRIVEN 96 00:02:34.967 --> 00:02:35.266 BACK. 97 00:02:35.266 --> 00:02:35.767 I'LL EXPLAIN WHY. 98 00:02:35.767 --> 00:02:37.367 BUT YOUR POINT IS EXACTLY RIGHT, 99 00:02:37.367 --> 00:02:39.000 HOW DO YOU KEEP IT FROM JUST 100 00:02:39.000 --> 00:02:40.800 HAPPENING AGAIN, RIGHT? 101 00:02:40.800 --> 00:02:43.233 ONE IS THE SECTARIAN CONFLICT. 102 00:02:43.233 --> 00:02:45.200 HOW DO YOU KEEP THE COUNTRY 103 00:02:45.200 --> 00:02:46.433 CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO MOVE PAST 104 00:02:46.433 --> 00:02:48.533 THE SECTARIAN DIVIDE UNTIL THEY 105 00:02:48.533 --> 00:02:49.867 LEARN HOW TO -- NOT LEARN HOW 106 00:02:49.867 --> 00:02:51.633 BUT AGREE TO LIVE TOGETHER AND 107 00:02:51.633 --> 00:02:52.767 HOW DO YOU JUST KEEP ANOTHER 108 00:02:52.767 --> 00:02:57.300 ISIS FROM FLOODING BACK IN 109 00:02:57.300 --> 00:02:57.600 AFTER? 110 00:02:57.600 --> 00:02:58.333 THAT'S THE CHALLENGE WASHINGTON, 111 00:02:58.333 --> 00:03:00.934 THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY 112 00:03:00.934 --> 00:03:01.567 HASN'T THOUGHT ABOUT YET. 113 00:03:01.567 --> 00:03:05.500 >> I THINK WE HAVE A SERIOUS 114 00:03:05.500 --> 00:03:05.834 PROBLEM. 115 00:03:05.834 --> 00:03:06.567 EVEN IN THE LANGUAGE, AND I HAVE 116 00:03:06.567 --> 00:03:07.266 TO SAY HAVING THE LANGUAGE BE 117 00:03:07.266 --> 00:03:08.000 THAT OF GARBAGE AND WILD ANIMALS 118 00:03:08.000 --> 00:03:08.767 I THINK IS NOT HELPFUL. 119 00:03:08.767 --> 00:03:12.200 WE'VE SEEN FOR YEARS LEVELS OF 120 00:03:12.200 --> 00:03:14.533 DEMONIZATION OF INDIVIDUALS AND 121 00:03:14.533 --> 00:03:15.266 ORGANIZATIONS SAYING THIS IS THE 122 00:03:15.266 --> 00:03:16.300 MOST EVIL THING THAT'S EVER 123 00:03:16.300 --> 00:03:17.533 EXISTED AND THE ONLY THING WE 124 00:03:17.533 --> 00:03:18.500 CAN DO IS BOMB THEM. 125 00:03:18.500 --> 00:03:22.333 WE SAID IT ABOUT KHAMENEI WHEN 126 00:03:22.333 --> 00:03:25.333 HIS REVOLUTION HAPPENED IN IRAN. 127 00:03:25.333 --> 00:03:27.166 THEN IT TURNED TO SADDAM 128 00:03:27.166 --> 00:03:27.500 HUSSEIN. 129 00:03:27.500 --> 00:03:28.100 THEN IT WAS THE TALIBAN. 130 00:03:28.100 --> 00:03:28.633 THEN IT WAS GADHAFI. 131 00:03:28.633 --> 00:03:30.400 YOU CAN GO ON AND ON. 132 00:03:30.400 --> 00:03:32.667 THEN IT WAS BASHIR AL ASAD. 133 00:03:32.667 --> 00:03:36.400 >> I ONLY WANT TO SUGGEST IN 134 00:03:36.400 --> 00:03:37.333 THIS CASE THAT THEY -- THAT ISIS 135 00:03:37.333 --> 00:03:38.000 HAS A STRATEGY OF, IN FACT, 136 00:03:38.000 --> 00:03:39.000 ENCOURAGING US TO THINK THAT 137 00:03:39.000 --> 00:03:39.867 WAY, THOUGH, RIGHT? 138 00:03:39.867 --> 00:03:43.367 >> DEMONIZING -- 139 00:03:43.367 --> 00:03:44.900 >> IF THEY ARE TRYING TO GET US 140 00:03:44.900 --> 00:03:49.000 TO DO THIS, WE SHOULD NOT FALL 141 00:03:49.000 --> 00:03:49.467 INTO THAT TRAP. 142 00:03:49.467 --> 00:03:50.200 THAT'S NOT WHAT HELPS US FIGURE 143 00:03:50.200 --> 00:03:50.934 OUT WHAT THE STRATEGY SHOULD BE 144 00:03:50.934 --> 00:03:52.100 TO ELIMINATE. 145 00:03:52.100 --> 00:03:53.533 I THINK MOST PEOPLE WANT TO GET 146 00:03:53.533 --> 00:03:54.333 RID OF ISIS. 147 00:03:54.333 --> 00:03:55.967 I WANT TO GET RID OF ISIS. 148 00:03:55.967 --> 00:04:00.967 THAT ISN'T THE POINT. 149 00:04:00.967 --> 00:04:02.567 HOW DO WE FIGURE OUT, TO MY WAY 150 00:04:02.567 --> 00:04:03.233 OF THINKING, EVERY SHORT-TERM 151 00:04:03.233 --> 00:04:05.834 BOMB HE WE DROP, MAYBE YOU GET A 152 00:04:05.834 --> 00:04:06.200 BAD VIBE. 153 00:04:06.200 --> 00:04:06.934 MAYBE YOU GET A BUNCH OF OTHER 154 00:04:06.934 --> 00:04:07.300 PEOPLE. 155 00:04:07.300 --> 00:04:09.033 >> NO, IT'S NOT TRUE. 156 00:04:09.033 --> 00:04:09.767 >> IT'S NOT -- 157 00:04:09.767 --> 00:04:11.667 >> WE AND THE REST OF THE 158 00:04:11.667 --> 00:04:12.367 INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY PUT A 159 00:04:12.367 --> 00:04:16.166 LOT OF PRESSURE TO GET NURI AL 160 00:04:16.166 --> 00:04:16.633 MALIKI OUT. 161 00:04:16.633 --> 00:04:19.967 AND WE WERE INVOLVED. 162 00:04:19.967 --> 00:04:21.633 IF WE WEREN'T, THAT WOULD NOT 163 00:04:21.633 --> 00:04:22.033 HAVE HAPPENED. 164 00:04:22.033 --> 00:04:24.767 OH, I'M SORRY, THE IRANIANS WERE 165 00:04:24.767 --> 00:04:26.567 VERY HAPPY WITH HIM FOR A VERY 166 00:04:26.567 --> 00:04:26.900 LONG TIME. 167 00:04:26.900 --> 00:04:29.100 >> SO THAT'S NOT -- ALL RIGHT, 168 00:04:29.100 --> 00:04:33.033 SO PAUSE FOR ME A SECOND. 169 00:04:33.033 --> 00:04:34.500 >> IF YOU DON'T LOOK BEYOND 170 00:04:34.500 --> 00:04:35.166 MILITARY TO SAY WHAT'S REALLY 171 00:04:35.166 --> 00:04:35.900 GOING TO CHANGE THE SITUATION 172 00:04:35.900 --> 00:04:36.967 THAT MAKES PEOPLE SUPPORT ISIS. 173 00:04:36.967 --> 00:04:38.100 WAIT A MINUTE. 174 00:04:38.100 --> 00:04:39.600 THE PROBLEM IS WHEN YOU ENGAGE 175 00:04:39.600 --> 00:04:42.767 IN THE MILITARY STUFF, ALL THE 176 00:04:42.767 --> 00:04:45.300 OTHER THINGS -- 177 00:04:45.300 --> 00:04:47.000 >> PAUSE FOR ME ONE SECOND 178 00:04:47.000 --> 00:04:49.800 BECAUSE THE HEARINGS IN PART, MY 179 00:04:49.800 --> 00:04:50.767 QUESTION, THIS IS SOMETHING YOU 180 00:04:50.767 --> 00:04:52.867 SUGGESTED IN THE NOTION OF US 181 00:04:52.867 --> 00:04:53.667 ENGAGING EITHER POLITICALLY OR 182 00:04:53.667 --> 00:04:55.033 IN TERMS OF THE MILITARY. 183 00:04:55.033 --> 00:04:57.633 HAS THE U.S. THROUGH THE SET OF 184 00:04:57.633 --> 00:05:00.133 ACTIONS WE HAVE TAKEN REALLY 185 00:05:00.133 --> 00:05:00.500 POST-9/11. 186 00:05:00.500 --> 00:05:04.266 SO CERTAINLY THINGS BEFORE BUT 187 00:05:04.266 --> 00:05:06.200 SINCE 9/11 AND PARTICULARLY WITH 188 00:05:06.200 --> 00:05:06.900 THE INVASION OF IRAQ, HAS THE 189 00:05:06.900 --> 00:05:07.934 U.S. BECOME A PLAYER WHO CAN NO 190 00:05:07.934 --> 00:05:12.333 LONGER PLAY ON THE FIELD OF 191 00:05:12.333 --> 00:05:13.066 POLITICS AND, IN FACT, CAN ONLY 192 00:05:13.066 --> 00:05:14.300 BE ENGAGED IN TERMS OF THE 193 00:05:14.300 --> 00:05:15.800 MILITARY BECAUSE THERE IS SUCH A 194 00:05:15.800 --> 00:05:16.333 LACK OF -- 195 00:05:16.333 --> 00:05:18.500 >> HE SAID IT. 196 00:05:18.500 --> 00:05:21.000 >> THEY ARRANGED A DEAL WHERE 197 00:05:21.000 --> 00:05:21.567 MALIKI LEFT. 198 00:05:21.567 --> 00:05:23.300 THAT HELD THE PROMISE OF A 199 00:05:23.300 --> 00:05:25.133 UNITED GOVERNMENT IN BAGHDAD AND 200 00:05:25.133 --> 00:05:25.867 MARGINALIZATION AND THAT WAS A 201 00:05:25.867 --> 00:05:29.133 POLITICAL ACHIEVEMENT. 202 00:05:29.133 --> 00:05:34.133 THEY KEEP THE TWO CANNDIDATES IN 203 00:05:34.133 --> 00:05:34.867 AFGHANISTAN FOR GOING AFTER EACH 204 00:05:34.867 --> 00:05:35.567 OTHER'S THROAT AND HAVING THE 205 00:05:35.567 --> 00:05:36.867 GOVERNMENT FALL APART. 206 00:05:36.867 --> 00:05:38.400 THOSE ARE ACTUALLY POLITICAL 207 00:05:38.400 --> 00:05:39.133 ACHIEVEMENTS WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO 208 00:05:39.133 --> 00:05:39.867 GIVE THE ADMINISTRATION CREDIT. 209 00:05:39.867 --> 00:05:42.033 CAN I GET TO THE SYRIAN PIECE 210 00:05:42.033 --> 00:05:44.600 REAL QUICK? 211 00:05:44.600 --> 00:05:45.967 ISIS HAS DRIVEN BACK IS GREATLY 212 00:05:45.967 --> 00:05:47.166 WEAKENED AND DISORGANIZED. 213 00:05:47.166 --> 00:05:50.200 THEY WILL SPEND AS MUCH TIME 214 00:05:50.200 --> 00:05:50.934 FIGHTING WITH THE OTHER GROUPS 215 00:05:50.934 --> 00:05:51.567 IN THAT REGION AND ASSAD. 216 00:05:51.567 --> 00:05:53.367 I DON'T THINK SYRIA IS A 217 00:05:53.367 --> 00:05:53.867 SOLVABLE PROBLEM. 218 00:05:53.867 --> 00:05:56.600 >> ISN'T THAT A HUMAN COST TO 219 00:05:56.600 --> 00:05:57.000 IT? 220 00:05:57.000 --> 00:05:59.333 >> WHAT'S THE MORAL DIFFERENCE 221 00:05:59.333 --> 00:06:00.367 BETWEEN THEM IS THIS. 222 00:06:00.367 --> 00:06:01.834 >> THERE ISN'T ONE. 223 00:06:01.834 --> 00:06:05.867 THERE ISN'T ONE. 224 00:06:05.867 --> 00:06:09.633 >> WE'RE ARM ONE SIDE. 225 00:06:09.633 --> 00:06:13.600 >> THIS WAS PART OF WHY THE 226 00:06:13.600 --> 00:06:15.233 PRESIDENT DID NOT WANT TO DEFEND 227 00:06:15.233 --> 00:06:16.867 THAT RED LINE, THAT KIND OF PUSH 228 00:06:16.867 --> 00:06:21.400 IN THE SUMMER TO ADDRESS THE 229 00:06:21.400 --> 00:06:21.967 ISSUE OF THE RED LINE. 230 00:06:21.967 --> 00:06:22.700 PART OF HIS HESITATION AROUND IT 231 00:06:22.700 --> 00:06:23.800 WAS A RECOGNITION THERE WAS NOT 232 00:06:23.800 --> 00:06:27.066 A GOOD GUY HERE. 233 00:06:27.066 --> 00:06:29.800 >> MALAKI'S DEATH SQUADS ARE 234 00:06:29.800 --> 00:06:33.600 WIPING OUT COMMUNITIES. 235 00:06:33.600 --> 00:06:34.834 ASSAD'S ETHNIC CLEANSING. 236 00:06:34.834 --> 00:06:36.033 WITHOUT A DOUBT. 237 00:06:36.033 --> 00:06:38.934 NOBODY DOES ANYTHING. 238 00:06:38.934 --> 00:06:40.066 ISIS, AND THEN WE ACT. 239 00:06:40.066 --> 00:06:42.166 WE ARE BASICALLY ARMING AND 240 00:06:42.166 --> 00:06:43.200 CREATING A COALITION OF PEOPLE 241 00:06:43.200 --> 00:06:44.867 WHO ARE AT EACH OTHER'S THROATS. 242 00:06:44.867 --> 00:06:47.600 >> WHICH IS WHY THE FREE SYRIAN 243 00:06:47.600 --> 00:06:47.967 ARMY -- 244 00:06:47.967 --> 00:06:53.400 >> THEY HAVE NO MILITARY COMPASS 245 00:06:53.400 --> 00:06:54.133 CAPACITY TO GO AFTER THESE GUYS. 246 00:06:54.133 --> 00:06:54.767 THEY WILL BE SLAUGHTERED. 247 00:06:54.767 --> 00:06:55.467 >> THEY HAVE FOUGHT FOR FOUR 248 00:06:55.467 --> 00:06:55.767 YEARS. 249 00:06:55.767 --> 00:06:56.533 THEY HAVE GAINED TERRITORY, THEY 250 00:06:56.533 --> 00:06:59.967 HAVE LOST TERRITORY, BUT THEY 251 00:06:59.967 --> 00:07:01.767 HAVE FOUGHT FOR FOUR YEARS. 252 00:07:01.767 --> 00:07:02.467 WE ARE STILL SAYING THEY HAVE 253 00:07:02.467 --> 00:07:02.767 NO -- 254 00:07:02.767 --> 00:07:03.467 >> BUT MILITARILY -- I DON'T 255 00:07:03.467 --> 00:07:04.400 THINK THEY DO. 256 00:07:04.400 --> 00:07:08.500 >> THEY HAVE FOUGHT IN 257 00:07:08.500 --> 00:07:09.000 OVERWHELMING ODDS. 258 00:07:09.000 --> 00:07:10.700 >> YOU ARE NEVER GOING TO GET 259 00:07:10.700 --> 00:07:12.300 RID OF ASSAD AS LONG AS RUSSIA 260 00:07:12.300 --> 00:07:15.767 AND IRAN ARE PROPPING HIM UP. 261 00:07:15.767 --> 00:07:17.900 >> NOW TO THE NEXT PHASE. 262 00:07:17.900 --> 00:07:19.433 ON A REGIONAL LEVEL THAT 263 00:07:19.433 --> 00:07:20.266 INVOLVES IRAN. 264 00:07:20.266 --> 00:07:24.767 RIGHT NOW THE U.S. HAS ENGAGED 265 00:07:24.767 --> 00:07:26.400 WITH IRAN FOR THE FIRST TIME. 266 00:07:26.400 --> 00:07:27.100 >> AND YOU HAVE ALSO BROUGHT 267 00:07:27.100 --> 00:07:27.834 US -- PART OF WHAT YOU HAVE DONE 268 00:07:27.834 --> 00:07:29.667 IS BRING US TO A REALITY THAT 269 00:07:29.667 --> 00:07:30.867 THERE ARE INTERCONNECTIONS 270 00:07:30.867 --> 00:07:32.433 BEYOND WHERE WE MIGHT THINK 271 00:07:32.433 --> 00:07:34.200 THERE ARE GEOPOLITICALLY. 272 00:07:34.200 --> 00:07:35.800 WE WILL GO TO THE QUESTION OF 273 00:07:35.800 --> 00:07:38.000 RUSSIA AND UKRAINE. 274 00:07:38.000 --> 00:07:40.600 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND 275 00:07:40.600 --> 00:07:41.266 PARTICULARLY FOR HELPING US 276 00:07:41.266 --> 00:07:42.333 THINK ABOUT THIS IN THE LONG 277 00:07:42.333 --> 00:07:42.600 RUN. 278 00:07:42.600 --> 00:07:43.900 UP NEXT PROGRESS AT LEAST FOR 279 00:07:43.900 --> 00:07:46.300 NOW ON THE INTERNATIONAL CRISIS 280 00:07:46.300 --> 00:10:56.867 ASSOCIATED WITH VLADIMIR