with more on the situation in syria, let's talk to christopher swift, a professor of national security at george town university in washington d.c. i want to talk to you about the politics. the focus today, monday, is on political transsuggests. is there any chance of that happening. well, there is eventually, but if you look at the wait negotiations have gone the past couple of days with the syrian government putting out a statement of principles ignoring geneva, and the rebels, the syrian opposition insisting that the parameters of some transitional government be discussed, it's unlikely we'll have progress. >> excuse me for jumping in, the opposition wants bashar al-assad to go, and he has no inclination of going. >> well, that's very much the case. at this point in the negotiation it's a bit silly to resolve the final status of the war. the war has been going on for three years, and they have a lot of confidence building to be done. it's important to address the issue. there's a lot of smaller issues that need to be addressed. the most important issue is whether the talks continue. if they d