from the u.s. they would be sitting ducks, possibly, human targets themselves. but i want to go back to the rebels that you mentioned. you talked about recall aing them with small arms, assisting them, giving them the power. we re not just talking about one group of rebels. there is a lot of different groups, some of which are backed by hamas, hezbollah, al qaeda. how do we know that we don t put the chemical weapons into their hands? that s a great question. there s a lot of misunderstanding about that issue. the largest group of opposition forces are in fact the moderate rib bells, the so-called free syrian army. they have been receiving arms through jordan from saudi arabia for six to eight months. none of those weapons have left their hands into the hands of the jihaddists. the jihaddists are geographically separated from the moderate rebels. they have, they have, they have become territorial in the north where they re more involved in governance rye ron i cannily