why not the dictator in syria? why not the dictator in iran? that s the that s the larger issue. you would support that then, too? would i support and have supported a doctrine that is not situational ethics. you want the security force to get rid of bashar assad and ahmadinejad? you go in you have to go in to win and need a clear exit strategy. but they are not going into syria and iran. they are going into libya? what s the difference. you know this region better that be most of these people who are in government today. what is the difference between assad and gadhafi? what is it? syria, we could argue for our interests, we have a greater strategic interest in syria given its geography as jill just pointed out, and its interaction with al qaeda than we do in libya. the point being that if bashar assad or ahmadinejad were on the verge of doing what gadhafi was on the verge of doing in benghazi, slaughtering tens of thousands of people, would the u.s., would the obama