there. but it still should be said that the aid that is being given does not come close to meeting the need that exists in syria. jenna: besides the humanitarian aid, steven, if you were advising in your former role as you were about some of these national security affairs, what would be your next step? >> well, first, i would want very much to try to work closely with allies most closely affected by the situation there. i think we should be very hesitant about a u.s.-led role in the intervention just as tom was referring to on the aid. any kind of military security intelligence support, there will be sensitivities about an american presence. but turkey, jordan, people on the arabian peninsula, israel, all of our allies that are around this area have profound interests. we should be coordinating and supporting what they can do to help shape events. what we've done to date has been minimal really by standards of in terms of changing the trajectory of where this conflict is going. it seems like it's getting stuck in a wag, a longstanding