the strike would have to avoid all russian installations at all costs. it would have to strike syrian military targets with some assurance of achieving an effect and avoid collateral damage. to your point about strategy. ali, it s over. there is no syrian strategy because for all intents and purposes as we have seen there is no more syria. the russian have their warm water port, assad is going to remain in power controlling the heartland of syria ask. the iranians have a presence on the ground inside syria as you just saw in that clip. no, the focus today is not on a syrian strategy. it is a on a russian street. and i believe strongly, along with many others, that this strike will do is really aimed at proving that the russians do not have an effective military presence in the region, that they have feet of clay, that their ims cla of military superiority in the region are hollow.