murder of 58 civilians at the hands -- and this is the important distinction. we talk about the assad regime or the syrian arab army. in truth there is very little left of the assad regime. this is a proxy war being fought chief baby iran and iranian built militias on the ground including imported afghan and pakistani shi'a death squads, including iraqi shi'a militias that are technically now part of the iraqi state security establishment that is said to be an ally and treated as an ally buy the united states. these are the guys shooting women and children dead in the streets under the cover of russian air power. now, we can have a conversation about what donald trump purports to do about this. there has been one consistent thread that has gone throughout his candidacy for president and throughout this transitional period and that is everybody seems to be talk pointing to top national security posts are hawk issish when it comes to iran. mike flynn has called for regime change for all islamic republics, first among equals in