i'm pleased to have ehud barak at this table. welcome. >> thank you. >> rose: how are you finding not being in government? >> i was asked how i feel and why i did it. i told the joke about someone went to the doctor and asked him what's the problem? and he said my work. what are you doing? i work in a chicken farm. what are you doing there? i'm the one responsible for separating the big ones from the medium sizes and the small ones. so what's the problem? decisions! >> rose: (laughs) >> i don't want to make so many decisions. >> rose: (laughs) so you have no decisions to make. what you have for lunch and what you have for dinner. >> where do i fly next? >> rose: let's talk about serious matters. is there any question in israel about the reliance of the united states because of what's happened regarding syria? >> it's not just in israel. i think the american position and even the positioning around the world. ofk in israel leading up to iran it weakens dramatically those who argue that we israelis and some people at the high top o

>> rose: we conclude this evening with a conversation about syria with ehud barak,