Most people who aspire to be president don't have a foreign policy and national security background. The exception was certainly Hillary Clinton.

The fact that we walked away from the Middle East, as distasteful as it was for us to stay involved and prevent wars, based on our long involvement there, we have helped to create and provide a foundation. Obviously for ISIS and also for the absolute barbarianism and human catastrophe that Assad impacted on his people.

Russia, their number one client in the Middle East is Syria; that is their foothold in the Middle East. They want to have influence there.

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