the christians as well. we need to separate these people. fran is right, the longer we let this go on, the nastier it gets, the more it will spread, and it will take down lebanon, move into jordan and it could move into the gulf. it s just the way it s been going for the last year. and mike, we ve already seen that spread. obviously beirut, we re not sure if that s directly linked. we ve seen the spread of it? actually, those bombings you mentioned, i point legislation to al qaeda in syria. it s our job to build up the moderate syrian opposition. we together with our allies, that s what we should see as our goal here, whether we put boots on the ground, don t put boots on the ground, every step we take should be designed to build up the moderate opposition. this is not the first time we re seeing evidence of chemical attacks in syria.