column. and the problem with bashars a satd wh sad when he tries to wage war on tv is that he's not very experienced at it, he's not very good and he tends to get do things that get people's back up. that seems to be what's happening in congress. if you make threats about what you're going to do to the americans, if american does a punishing strike, that is secretary has said, limited is not going to do very much damage, you're really setting people up for a, yes, we must stand with the president. >> got it. i mean, john kerry said, being incredibly small, the attack. it's something that has a lot of people scratching their heads. i'm not sure why you would forewarn that you're going to do an incredibly small attack, brush it off your shoulder and it will be fine. let's look at one more piece of this charlie rose interview with bashar assad. >> war is against the u.s. why?