lebanon, has 60,000 plus rockets capable of hitting israel. in recent days the leader of hezbollah in iraq, threatened that iraq shiite groups would attack the nuss the gulf. and one of the groups said it has 23,000 fully trained and equipped martyr dom seeking forces who can blow the u.s. intos in iraq and the persian gulf at any time if the u.s. commits such a, quote, stupid act. >> shepard: what kind of reaction from d.c.? sounds like there's some degree of optimism over this proposal. >> the deputy national security advisor, who had to backtrack on remarks he made last week about president obama's intentions, had this to say. >> it is our judgment that president assad and syria would have very little interest in picking a fight with the united states of america. >> that logic doesn't completely hold based on past experience,