sure that it s not helping the extremists if the united states as senator graham said, quote/unquote upgrades the opposition. thanks for having me on. it s imperative of the united states to engage in strong diplomatic efforts with the syrian opposition. to talk to them on a regular basis and that s been a big push, especially by our state department and they ve done a terrific job. we need to identify moderate opposition groupsing that come together and become more cohesive and oppose the regime of bashar al assad. we re not blind to the fact that there s not trifs elements in sear yoo but we believe at the end of the day the syrian people will reject the extremics and adopt a process that gets them to a new political landscape in their country that does not involve bashar al assad. john kerry and hague rl seag