as a matter of fact, i think you actually make the opposition stronger, and the opposition is get stronger by the day now, and i think the general would tell you that, that he is not sitting around and his daily concern is not the opposition, it's assad. and what assad is doing with his scuds, with his airplanes, with his tanks, with his artillery, to the people of syria. but i think it's important also to look at this, because you raised the question, doesn't this make the united states the policeman of the world? no, it makes the united states a multilateral partner in an effort that the world, 184 nations strong, as accepted the responsibility for. and if the united states, which has the greatest capacity to do that, doesn't help lead that effort, then shame on us. than we're not standing up to our multilateral and humanitarian and strategic