staring at the situation that they feel as if they have to do something. they continue to talk about geneva, you heard the president put the best possible spin, at least they showed up. that was -- how did the geneva conference go? at least everybody was in the same room. it didn't go well, he admitted those things, you could see and feel the frustration. i've talked to folks behind the scenes on this issue with syria and the president clearly is frustrated by an inability to change the game on the ground. they -- i think if there were -- if they thought there was a military solution in their minds, they would have used it by now but they really don't. that was always the problem before. they don't know what to do the day after you stop dropping bombs on assad. of course now we have an added problem, which is the opposition in many ways is seen as a national security threat if you listen to the testimony of james clapper. >> as president obama said, peace talks in his words are far