engagement. so i think it s a healthy signal. you can t run 2.2 million men and women of the armed forces out of the national security council. i think decentralize authority within set limits of a rule of law is an appropriate way to go. and this bomb, this is good news for the ground combat forces, army and marine, in afghanistan. we also have richard engel who is joining us from our london bureau which is our chief correspondent. talk to us about what you ve seen there and the threat of isis in that region. we ve always heard about al qaeda in afghanistan, but isis is now making some pretty significant inroads? reporter: if you ll remember about a month ago, there was an isis raid in a hospital in kabul, and about 30 people were killed, and afghan special forces had to be helicopter lifted in.
again in another middle eastern country. speaking of that, nikki haley a moment ago was speaking at the u.n. and she issued a stern warning to both syria and to russia to stop this, and for russia to make sure that syria stops this, and if they do not that we will act again. she s basically not taking anything off the table. if that is the case, what is on the table for us? well, you know, she s pretty impressive. i had some dealings with her as governor. i was very impressed by her statement. it sounds as if the trump administration is starting to get a consistent message. there isn t a lot we can do in syria. it would be madness to intervene on the ground, to include creating internal safe havens with ground combat forces. i think what we could do, the next step up would be to tell u.s. naval air and u.s. air force, destroy the sir kwan ayy
things? going into the territories where these kurdish and free syrian forces russia s almost exclusively concerning itself with establishing an defensive enclave for mr. assad while at the same time the port and the airfiel airfields. we are contributing more or helping to contribute more to the fight against isis. the russian i think you may see additional special operators into this area. the president has been adamant that he is not going to send ground combat forces.