Sthoin zinni. thank you for joining us. you have unique perspective, especially at the military central command. give us a flavor about the decision-making process, the ramping up, if you will, to a military strike that could last a few days, if not longer against various targets in syria. >> well, i'm sure all the planning has been done and everything is in position. i think the key thing here is the long term strategy. any military commander wants to know how his -- and in terms of the end state. if there is a strike and they are continuing up acceptable act, where does this lead us to? what...