aman's assessment there? what mission do you think was accomplished here? >> yeah, i agree completely. i think the mission probably back fired on the president. look, he boxed himself in three days ago, four days ago now, when he foreshadowed that attack. it's almost as though they had to do something. we know there is a split going on between mattis and bolton. it is very likely mattis was able to take back some of these targets and the scope of this attack. but when you look at what the effect this has had internationally, it's only helped assad claim power. it only helped him form further power over the people of syria. it's only helped the russians say to bashar al-assad, you need us here. look, we've already seen reports that the russians are moving more weapons, more equipment into syria. but it allows them to say to the syrian president, if we were not here, your regime would be possibly in danger. if the u.s. was serious by doing this. the other thing about this is what we've...