. >> by degrading his capacity, don't you make him weaker and the people out there, like alnusera and al qaeda and other extremist forces stronger. this is what i want general dempsey to talk about too. before you answer that, could you answer that - by degrading him, you make the extremists' forces stronger, do you not? >> no, i don't believe you do. as a matter of fact, i think you actually make the opposition stronger. the opposition is getting stronger by the day now. and i think general idris will tell you that, that he is not sitting around and his daily concern is not the opposition but assad - what he's doing with his scuds, aeroplanes, tanks and artillery to the people of syria. it's important to look at this because you raised the question of 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 has accepted the responsibility for. if the united states, which has the greatest capacity to do that doesn't help lead that effort, then shame on us. then we are not standi