are they going to talk to each other? or are we going to have an accident in the skies? these aircrafts are the very sophisticated, carry a lot of weapons. aggressive pilots on both sides. this is something we have to work out on the ground. and baghdad is probably the place to do that. but we can't afford to get in a shooting match with the russians over syria. >> okay. i'm just remembering back when russia was fighting in afghanistan. that was before our involvement. and they were there many years and failed miserably. how good are they at such things then? >> depends on what they are doing. they are very good at conducting air strikes. they have capable aircraft. they just deployed their latest bomber. they can bring a lot of fire power to bear. now, they don't fear collateral damage. civilian casuals as as much as we do. i think you are going to see a lot more russian ordinance put