that is not a strong enough rationale. it doesn't so many like obama or mccain calculated who it is going to help. who runs syria after the war and who controls the chemical weapons. we don't know if a bombing helps assad. if he survived he looks resilient. it could help al-qaeda or the muslim brotherhood it doesn't seem like anyone in washington gamed it out sufficiently. >> scheinarios of pay back. if we attack syria our border from beiut is only 45 miles away. they could get a plane off and drop a bomb and attack it. if we hit them back, are we at war? >> by definition we would be. i don't know if that would be recognized. we are in a state of conflict with iran since 1979 and