government and not allow young men in the southern part of syria to come back home? the government has a very different take, of course, of what is going on. they are saying that the military has entered the streets upon the request of the citizens of dara. that is not at all what we're hearing. they are saying that they are going after extremist terrorist groups. they have said from the beginning that armed gangs, as they call them, have been roaming the streets of syria, shooting unsuspecting civilians. that's not what we are hearing at all. >> well, we are hearing from the u.s. government. >> yeah. >> and we know that the president is condemning the violence in syria and now today we heard from a daily briefing, jay carney now talking sanctions, possibly. how effective would that snb. >> it would have a limited impact because syria is already