ambassador, did these people stand a chance against such brutal violence? first of all, you have to admire their courage. i can t tell you how much i respect what they re trying to do. but at the same time, unfortunately repression, if used repeatedly, ruthlessly, brutally, can work. we saw that in iran and i m afraid we could see it in syria. and yet, we re still seeing demonstrators pour into the street. has it not reached a critical mass that could really create cracks in the regime? well, as you know all too well, anderson, we don t have foreign press, a free press in there covering the events. so it s hard to know. but what i do know is we have not really seen massive demonstrations in damascus. many of the people demonstrating in damascus have come in from the countryside or the surrounding villages, and there