>> if there is going to be no vote. and there is no date for vote. no timeline, does this sort of become an endless discussion? >> no, look, i think part of the problem here is what is russia -- what is putin doing? what putin wants -- putin wants assad to stay in power. that is in his interest. so sooner or later this is all -- not going to work anyway. he will try to do -- assad stays in power, we'll take the weapons but you leave assad alone. i don't see how the president can do that. >> our president can do that? >> yeah. the first -- this is where it gets at odds. the first thing he said two years ago was assad has to go. now, the deal would have to be, i would think, assad stays. we'll get him to give us -- give the weapons over internationally. put them under international control. you leave him be. now -- and so part of the other