thing i think that is going on here, there is so many audiences a modern president has to speak to today. he has to make assad believe i'm really coming. so you think about giving those weapons to the international inspectors. at the same time, have congress think it is not going to be that big a deal. that is why you see these two sort of -- the straddle in his speeches and what the administration is saying. i think he has got to try to do both. that is what he has been doing for two years now. >> well, he predicted assad is about to fall, assad is about to fall. that has been going on for two years. he hasn't fallen. and i am curious if the united states wants assad to fall, based on the fact we don't know what else is out there. and we have the mubarak example, and even the gadhafi example, and you can sometimes back them into a corner. i'm curious. and we've made no effort to get rid of assad. >> and that is because there has been growing al-qaeda and other terrorist groups moving in, to destabilize assad.