president putin wants to do. however, they divide where it comes to asaad. the french president, the west, the united states, et cetera, does not want a political transition that includes asaad, or if there is a political transition that asaad leaves the center stage as quickly as possible. russia, obviously, feels that asaad should remain, at least until whatever replaces him comes in. so that's one big dividing line. but just, you know, how things change. just think of after the attacks in paris, president putin was directing his military to coordinate with france as if we were allies, was the phrase yrk, as if we were allies. now it's more questionable. certainly, russia's action regardless of whether they were guilty here or innocent as they