agent has been used in the past. this could have incredible psychological effect on the rebels. they re as concerned about chemical weapons as the west is. but the u.s. is leaking at syria in the context of iran. syria s ally. it s putting pressure on syria by letting this news out. signaling to iran that perhaps and kind of upgraded u.s. involvement beyond sending 200 trainers to jordan might be in the offing. there s a lot of complex kabuki playing out here and there s varying degrees of uncertainty comment gives the administration additional latitude. doesn t say he has crossed the red line, very distinctly, action is coming. shepard: i guess they want others involved in this, the brits and french, others. and middle east alleys, we rely. they don t want to go into some kind of action in syria that s going to further antagonize some of the u.s. middle east allies. iraq is not exactly a stable