russia has backed him continually in the security council. once again we have to look at the broader picture. the goal of president trump s regime is to defeat isis, that s the number one goal, the threat that he sees to the united states into american national security. for that purpose, you need to have a somewhat stable government in damascus. the issue that the trump administration is going to be looking at is can someone else lead that regime? can you get a substitute figure? if not, bashar al-assad must stay in order to discuss the diplomacy. we haven t been able to have a successful talk in part because many of the rebel groups have been invited to show up to the table won t sit down with any