weapons. they want to be the hedge among a new empire of the middle east. it's very important that we have the ability, and it will take some determination and resources, to prevent iran from achieving its aims. otherwise, we're the expeditionary force for iran and syria. as for russia, i would say this -- putin is not a communist, but he's a soviet. what that means is, he sees the diminishment of american power or aggrandizement as the same arithmetic at the end of the day. you can negotiate with him, but you have to understand that's who he is and what he wants. >> it seems to me this deal more or less accommodates russian demands. making some promises to help. yeah, foreign actors need to leave. and then iran says, we're not leaving. you're leaving. >> and russia -- yeah, that's legitima