way to accommodate him so there is not an artificial clash and thus bolster his regime. i think it's complicated enough to bring isis down which i hope will happen sooner rather than later. the last thing we need to do to arrive at some kind of understanding that preserve assad in power and assad in lebanon. it's fine to eliminate isis the sooner the better. but we have to look at in effect what the next conflict in the region is going to be. >> what is that conflict and how do we achieve the goals you just laid out? >> the second conflict is under way. a struggle in the region between a coalition on the one side led by iran with the baghdad government which sadly they substantially dominate, the al-assad regime in syria and