they control education, and control the media. because you shape the public opinion, you can do with them whatever you want. >> let me get you briefly in here. >> your metaphor about the neighborhood is exactly right. we've got to travel to other neighborhoods and see what it looks like from their perspective. so, you know, in washington, we had this narrative about syria. saddam hussein -- sorry, john kerry is equivocating, he's not equivocating. obama's equivocating. there's all this discussion about what the political reality is. and i speak to israelis, their narrative is, obama stepped up, threatened military action, whatever was going on politically and the syrians stepped up. and now the israelis want to -- >> so it's a success. >> it's a success and the israelis want to see that success replicated with iran. >> however, you might have a different perspective in the sense of the continuing violence there. at each point, giving context. i'll give an education nation