sprung up. i would say there are quite a few thousand sunni insurgents right now in the sunni areas. the danger for maliki is, these people can take and hold territory, including territory all around baghdad, and near the shia shrine cities of the south that president obama mentioned yesterday. kebab la and another city. if they re able to cut off these places, particularly baghdad that could provoke iranian entry into the walk and a real disaster. basically a regional civil war. that s what president obama has to deal wit rye nh right now an that s basically a military problem. given that, to what extent should the u.s. be any more involved? once again i differ between the two problems. he said two days ago that it s not acceptable to have a per nent permanent presence in syria.