response, that could tip the balance in favor of the opposition. that's what the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff wrote in a letter last week. the question is, is had a what you want to do? if your military action is not sufficient to change the reality on the ground, one could ask if you don't look even more feckless and weaker than we look now. i think that the real american interest here, forget what the president said or anything else, the real american interest here is in making sure that those chemical weapons of which syria has a lot, don't get out of the country, into the hands of terrorists, where they could be used against americans or our friends or allies worldwide. >> i have to ask you this. i don't mean to run but i have to ask you this before i let you go. how do we get a heck -- handle on those weapons by not having any human intelligence on the ground and not having any boots on the ground? >> well, i think we have some intelligence but i think it is getting old quickly. i think that the one thing that the president might think of