has no legitimacy or has lost legitimacy. he didn't say that. he basically said he can either start to make changes now and stop killing his own people or get out of the way. >> exactly. he can either lead the process of change or get out of the way. this still represents an improvement of the old american position of several days ago. i did a discussion with you a while ago, where secretary of state hillary clinton was asked by jeffrey goldberg, would you be sorry to see assad go? and she gave this remarkable answer, very, very politically, if you really think about it, a very obtuse answer. she said it depends on who replaces him. to say we know what you're doing in dara and damascus, and i think that there was an attempt, if you will, to take american diplomacy in a tougher