examined. you now have iran, hasballah and russia to name a few on the ground supporting bashar. so i think that the focus will be on an interim resolution that can again stop the bloodshed, establish security zones, stop the flow of refugees, stop the killing and so forth. and then over time, there will be a discussion about what the central government, if one can be established will look like. again, i've said before i'm not sure that humpty dumpty can be put back together again in this case in syria. >> i suppose you're talking about partition. >> i don't think you do that as a formal long-term solution. i think what you do initially is an interim way forward, just so that you can stop all the tragedy that's happening and then try to figure out where can you go from here. >> so let me ask you, while all this was happening, ping and