when you have two different forces operating within the same space. as to the suggestion that perhaps it s only isis targets and that the russians aren t simply out there to try to help the assad regime remain in power, something by the way that this administration is in conflict with, what the white house is saying is that they are, the russians, hitting targets they are intending to do so nonisis targets and that, says thes who, is counterproductive. the effect of these kinds of inscrimmage indiscriminal nat air strikes drives what would otherwise be moderate elements of the sunni opposition to assad, into the arizona. extremists. creating an extremist problem i should say exacerbate an extremist problem for russia inside of syria. the russian defense ministry says it has attacked several isis targets over the last few days, and the president is the first is going to be asked about it very likely at the news