weapons on your own people, it's okay. we're not really going to say anything about it. >> there are all those options and even if the united states decided to go in and do whatever it could to help the opposition remove assad, then jeffery, as you said, this has been going on two years. there were moderate elements in damascus two years ago. the question is whether they're still there or not. >> well, that's the question. it might be too late. this is why if you're a member of congress these are good questions to ask. is this problem -- are we too late to fix this? should we get sucked into this. and those are all very legitimate questions. what i'm arguing for is a long-term plan to reconfigure the opposition, a plan that doesn't necessarily mean missile strikes or american involvement at all, but just a plan to rebuild this opposition in a way that over time makes it more effective. >> david gregory, even the