good morning. there you are. okay. so i want to put this all into perspective. so russia is conducting air strikes near the city of homs, which is not an isis stronghold. so what are they up to? well, the russians have been pretty up front that they want bashar al assad to stay in power. the target of the strikes is what s critical. are they going after isis? or are they going after antiregime rebels? i suspect in that area there are more anti regime rebels. although they may have struck isis to probably open up the dialogue. so our first strike was isis and then they will turn attention to the rebels. the russians want to support awe sa assad. and i they their operations are going to be that effect. the voice to the u.s. to keep