so much to tip the balance. that's a fine line to walk, and the one thing military officials have been telling me here is the one thing they cannot control or say with 100% center is what happens next? they may send this message, but how it's received is totally up to bashar al assad. >> and, colonel francona, isn't this is critical window for bashar al assad? if he actually is planning to engage in this plan? wouldn't this be the moment, if he didn't want to be 100% honest, to start doing a better job of hiding some of the things he has? >> i think a lot of the stuff is already hidden. we talked about this the other day. i just find it inconceivable no matter what he or his foreign minister says they're going to give up what they believe is their strategic deterrence against israel. and those would be the missile warheads that fit on the scud. the long-range missiles he has. those are probably locked away somewhere. i don't know if we know where they are, but i don't trust the syrians to give up everything they have, and, of course, the