much. at the close of the gulf war, general sworz could have gave the iraqis permission to fly helicopters agreeing to that concession was something that saddam used to quell the of th uprising of the country. we are focused on chemical weapons because they are awful. that said, assad is killing his people left and right. i don t think that has changed. i don t know that the russians are going to stop backing us or the iranians. i don t see the civil war changed much. one last thing to touch on what ben was saying, are we always going to look to the military to solve problems? less than 1% of the country wears a uniform. it s an easy band aid solution. we don t have a secretary of state. we should be looking at long term solutions that don t always look at the military. we have been at war since 2001.