. >> think about the assad threat, which corley yoen am i talking about.ition managed to get into their sanctuary and kill two of them. and so the symbolism for a country that just hanging on the edge and a lot of this is a question of belief, you know, as tom said, these -- countries that hold together well, but the emotions people will be feeling today that this regime is vulnerable, that it's really hanging now by a thread, only by russia's support it's very powerful and syria and throughout the region. russia is in danger of making a generation of enemies. much as you could argue the united states did in iraq by its behavior. i also like it think -- say one more thing. suppose the u.s. had kept on backing mubarak in egypt. we would be in a position with the russians in syria trying to hang on to an unpopular dictator. >> andrea mitchell, barack obama yesterday called putin. did not go too well. >> he was fly fishing without his shirt and knotting sides. >> may be making a generational mistake. >> u.n. had to postpone a vote because she could not figure