not to bring it to domestic contest. if we have escalation of things on the foreign side as the fiscal cliff is going on that could help the white house and president as well. bret: charles? i think the problem for us is less. the problem with weapons with assad is suicidal. makes no sense. i don t see how he hangs a lot by doing that. he will hang if he does that. the tide is turning. once the rebels negate the air power they can maintain control of the land, which they are acquiring and they are acquiring. in the end, strangle damascus to bring the regime down. what they look at now in washington is a change of