and maybe that wasn't the intent of the statement. but that's the way it will be interpreted by many in europe. >> does that concern you, especially when he says when he's especially at the military level. puttin' does. what does that mean? >> well, russia wants desperately to have some kind of military cooperation with the united states. in times of a very unlikely but potential fight, we have abilities they simply don't have. russia has a military presence in syria, a military port. they want to maintain that. we're going to have to find balance, areas we can kwaperate with syria. but it will always tie in our eu