to the congress of the united states. second would require distinguishing this humanitarian mission from others. there's news this morning, and you reported it, that syrian troops are opening fire on peaceful protesters. are they next? how do you distinguish many other areas in the world where there's violence against innocent people and justify the indifference? >> i know the president said apparently there was a block of people being targeted by moammar gadhafi that numbered about 700,000, so the potential for mass civilian brutality and casualty sess there. that is one of the tipping points, if you will, for the administration doing this. but in terms of the timing, had the president not been part of this coalition, might more people have died? the timing here, you can't wait when you're dealing with a mad man like gadhafi. >> well, of course, he didn't wait and correctly the