sensing a shift in terms of what the operation would be targeting. do you sense that, as well? >> i sense a shift -- i shift of rhetoric. i'm not sure it's a shift of strategy. mccain and gram demanded more support for the opposition, and so, president obama began speaking about degrading and not just destroying capability, and that's all well and good but we really need a paradigm shift in the white house. it's important that this attack be carried out. i agree with what kirk said. there has got to be some concept of follow on and concern about it but america's credibility is on the line. throughout the whole region, there is a strong sense they are running for the exits. not just because of what happened over the last week, sequestering, a host of things, the absolute reluctance to get involved.