. >>> joining us now, lieutenant robert mcginnis, author of the new book "never submit." great to have you with us. colonel, let me start with russia is now a significant player, a dominant player prospectively in the middle east. is there anything that you can see is developing here that implies the obama administration will try to roll back the russian rise to power in the middle east? >> no. in fact, lou, i believe that the russians are launching a ground campaign. and we are, which i think is a direct result of what they're doing in the west and the east, what obama is doing, working with kurds, arabs and the turks, is trying to secure the border between syria and turkey. the iraqi security forces are whipped and can't even take re take ramadi much less mosul. what's happening with the russians is interesting. you look at their operating base, they have enough for thousands of russians. we believe ground forces are coming in. >> we know they're coming in. here is the point, colonel. here is the point that concerns me greatly. >> yeah. okay. >> we have every reason to