in syria are actually getting closer and closer to some of the major weapons caches in the region. so that would ring alarm bells for the iranians, syrians, and hezbollah themselves. so it would appear if these are being moved in any sort of numbers, according to all the expects, they believe the weapons cache are under serious threat and decided to move them. that was a red line for israel. >> shepard: israel said that was a red loan. mike barrett is currently the ceo at a consulting firm. what do you make of this? >> i think that jonathan is exactly right. the fear is the retaliation could be globally against israeli and with most people they're talking about. they don't make a distinction between israeli and u.s.s'sment from the israeli point of view, it's like the case for preemptive action that the u.s. used after 9/11 in terms of