we really had no leverage on the russians or the iranians, i think this begins to introduce some leverage into the equation. it may be that putin says, if the reports are true, that assad did this without consulting the russians. this is a huge embarrassment for the russians and the iranians. notice they're ducking. they don't want to be the protectors of a poison gas user. it may create an opening where we can have a dialogue with putin, how do we ease this guy out and together we can fight isis. the weakness of trump's strategy, when he came in, he said i'm for fighting isis. the message was, russians and rye rainians do what you want. unless you change the political context, you can't fight isis alone. the best case scenario, and i make no predictions, is that this will begin a dialogue with the russians and the russians may say maybe it's time to start working with the americans, ease