a rogue group within the syrian military or even the rebels themselves, rebels openly aligned with al qaeda. this is critically important. a lot of these groups are openly aligned with al qaeda and if they in fact are responsible for gassing hundreds or thousands of people, the idea that they're going to stop in syria is the definition of insanity. >> professor, if i can, when you listen to the former secretary rumsfeld, it is maddening to hear the parsing of the language here when it comes to intelligence, facts and evidence and most americans just to want get to the bottom line. what do they have? what do they know? what kind of evidence would you ask of secretary kerry, of this administration, if the president goes before the american people and says this is what i know. what do you need as proof if in fact that it was assad who was responsible, the regime itself responsible for the chemical attacks? >> i love my country. i love the united states. i never would have thought that the former president george bush and his administration would