actually capable of threatening us directly? >> the nothing that mr. assad could significantly threaten the united states is just not the case. >> so isn't part of the problem with the country -- >> the inference, knute, to how you describe threat. i think the in that respect, i'm not worried. i am worried, i am worried about what assad will continue to do to destabilize the region. i visited the region earlier this year. i had the king of jordan who said at this rate, i don't know how long the kingdom can sustain the overflow of the refugees. i can see the challenges to our ally in turkey. i can see the consequences beyond that. the national security threat which is in fact that you have a situation in iran where the eye