haezzbolah. ha out itsident has pointed could be a quagmire for the russians.hat is probably true, but it doesn't make it less bad news for us. the russians are back into the middle east for the first time since 1973. charlie: someone said they are at the table and maybe the head of the table. michael: they are. youuse of the resources -- have our secretary of state trying to move heaven and earth to stop the killing. we are in the position of being a supplicant. he is going and saying, please, we need a cease-fire than what he cannot say, we need a cease-fire, this is what we want and if we do not get it, this is what we're going to do. there is nothing to fill that in. he is flying without top cover because everyone knows we are not committed to any more dramatic action in syria. charlie: and take advantage of that? michael: absolutely. i talk about russia in the book and i say i went to over 50 countries as the director of the csa -- cia, but not one of them was russia. they were off or scope for total long -- for too long. charlie: marco rubio has said that