spring we've been watching. it's been 18 months of this debate. what has that time cows, if you will as a country? what risks are now surfacing because we have waited this long, at least to say what the red line is? >> well, there is no really easy or ad advantageous for the united states to take. the international community stood as one in taking on gadhafi. on syria the international community is split. an estimated 20,000 people have died. the real challenge is how to you try to prevent genocide and the deaths of thousands of more as long as the regime of president bashar al-assad is still in