russia then layered on top of it. we're in a much more difficult situation in syria than we were when obama was making this decision in 2013. >> unpredictability as been the trump calling card. and the secretary of state going to moscow. we'll get to the summit with china and military ships going towards north korea. one thing we do know is what the president decided to do was 180 degrees apart from what for years he said the united states should do. >> if assad got knocked off, what do we have? we don't know if it will be worse than assad. so what are we doing? i think it's irresponsible for us to get bogged down in syria and let's end up over world war iii over syria where we don't want to be in the first place. >> they insist we won't get bogged down. it was a one time response. the president's letter to