about iraq which people have gone over and will continue to go over. at the end of the day when this president took over, iraq was stable. you saw our ambassador crocker there talking about the extent to which al qaeda had really been defeated. so for the president to then decide he's going to walk away and to have this be the aftermath, i think people are very worried about it and worried about what's happening in afghanistan and the fact he may well be -- he says he's going to go down essentially the same path there. i certainly hope he will turn things around. i think that turning around the poll numbers would be a sign he actually was exercising some leadership and moving in a direction that was going to keep us safe, but i'm not optimistic. >> and we have the request now in from the administration for the $500 million to help in syria, where isis has taken many strongholds as well. there are questions about whether it's going to make a difference at this point. is it too late? >> well, that $500 million, assuming it's all well spent and it works and goes to the purposes it's intended to, if you really think about it, is money that will go to prolonging the war in syria by creating a force strong enough to counter