the russians and iranians came in to help assad. the russians had been bombing the forces we trained, not isil. when aleppo falls, and it will, big win for russia, iran, assad, and isil, because with assad in power, isil can recruit for generations to come. big loss for the united states. and there are a bunch of kids growing up in syria that are going to hate the west, and they probably should. >> president trump has made it clear he has no desire to deploy troops to that part of the world. >> you can blame bush for going in and having the invasion and toppling saddam hussein. but trump has said that we're better off with saddam hussein in power, gadhafi, ben ali, and assad. let me tell you this, mr.