and right now the key issue president trump may have to address is a very awkward one for the u.s. no longer is the u.s., you know, every day as it used to calling for assad s removal. so as long as assad is there and the russians are backing him, there is really no incentive for putin to change his view about his support for the syrians. he stays there, he s got a toehold in the middle east, and it doesn t really look like there s anything at this point the u.s. is going to do to make him back off. he will be there whether raqqa is taken or not, jim. barbara, you mentioned how close quarters u.s. and russian forces are in syria. we were just showing some pictures earlier of those u.s. artillery units on the ground in syria. are those communications sort of hot line backup for u.s. and russian commanders for the very reason to avoid armed whether accidental or otherwise, armed