politically. the same people who are telling us not to do this now were telling us not to do this two years ago when a lot could have been accomplished. hold on, andrew. second i propose that we help these people military by arming them and destroying assad's monopoly of the skies which is the only thing that is keeping the opposition from making any real military advancement. >> exactly his point. >> exactly what mr. noar is saying. >> for me having been in bosnia and elsewhere and seen all this, and actually obviously seeing what majit has said, in libya, kosovo, bosnia still, people are grateful for what the united states did. and that is in the united states' interests! [ overlapping speakers ] >> andrew go ahead. >> i just think these arguments sound as if the iraq war never happened. >> andrew, the iraq war is not the only thing one need to know about the american foreign policy. >> biggest disaster in american foreign policy which you have supported and not recanted from.