the street, hopefully in mass numbers again, to show that they are willing to risk their lives in order to fight for freedom and dignity. the army has an important role to play. one of the slogans raised by the protesters, a similar one raised in egypt as well, is that the people and the army are one hand. in a country like syria, with the susteren divide that we have and the fact that the minority community play a key role in t army, that slogan is not naive. that slogan is meant as a reassurance to that community that, if you re looking for guarantees on what will happen when the assads are out of power, you have a lot to say to the army. no one is asking for them to leave the army. ifnything, we want them to stay. we want the army to play a role as a safeguard of the secular nature of the state, of the stability of the state. and to help ease their transition and protect minority rights and ease the transition from where we are from right now. we realize the army has a rea