the iranians, when they see instability, they are happy. today they are taking advantage of what's happening in syria to build their presence in syria in the future like what they are doing in lebanon. the control of hezbollah, the terrorist organization. 100,000 rockets in hezbollah. they want to see the same in syria. hopefully we'll see some kind of understanding and iranian militia on the bored with israel. kelly: as a former defense minister who served in is raim, the united states, what should it be doing now in if the future in terms of bringing some stability to that region? >> i think the u.s. showed leadership. we saw other countries following the u.s. when you make a strong decision, people follow you.