there are great rewards, but primarily as moving into the open space left for him as there has been a change in the strategic assessment of the united states over where its interests lie. this is russia saying, no, this is ours, the middle east is ours. it s a new dynamic for sure. molly, that part, i think you re alluding to the part in this excerpt from the interview where he alludes to iran, russia, and the terrorist group hezbollah, having the sole, if you will, right to intervene in the syrian civil war after this current situation or current time frame. absolutely. this is something i ve written about a lot as have others, this idea that we can work with russia against terrorism anywhere, but specifically in syria, is completely nuts. i mean, the russian ground forces in their war in syria, for the most part it s iranian medical-ish shahs, hezbollah, hamas, other recruited terrorist