with us not to negotiate with hamas, that is very bad news. >> gregg: finally, i must ask you about syria. government there has shut down the internet, which obviously is going to create difficulty for rebel forces to -- protestors i should say to communicate and organize. now, we know as the protestors are rising, syrian government is moving tanks into position against them. what is going to happen there? >> i think more bloodshed. the bathee party regime is quasi fascist. that has been clear for decades with anybody with eyes to see. now syria is effectively a satellite of iran which will shed a lot of blood before it allows the asad regime to fall. it's an important staging area for support for terrorist groups like hezbollah and lebanon and