players syrians, russians, the iranians, hezbollah, is there anyone in here whose diary it would be to draw in the united states? >> i can think of a lot of players who might want to get the united states bog down in a another conflict the middle eas middle east. that's part of the biggest question i have for the trump administration. we were considering air strikes in 2013 when we went to congress and asked for their permission to do air strikes and they said no. we had outlined one specific plan for what this might look like. we haven't seen a plant from administration yet beyond at least tomahawk missiles tonight. so for me, i think that the iranians or hezbollah or others might want the u.s. to be bogged down in the middle east. president trump and handed a stroke out very strongly about the kind of intervention including places like syria. i really will be looking over the coming days for a strategic