participate. there is diversity among the candidates and competition and that all of them want to be president. none of the fundamental issues in ie rain have been raised. why are we supporting assad in syria? why are we spending billions of dollars in syria when we could spend money at home? why are we myrrh suing this program that cost over $100 billion in economic sanctions and lost foreign investment when we could be pursuing a more conciliatory global approach? those types of questions aren't being raised. >> i disagree agree. they are being raised. one candidate raised civil rights and the nuclear issue. if you look at his twitter feed you will see where he has been raising it and in his debates he raised it. he raised the assad issue. he said we should evaluate. i think there's a choice. i'm not saying it is a free and fair election like it would be in what we consider to be a