fact is, walking in to that particular mess, we're not simply talking about the islamic state or elinous ra, the so-called moderate rebels of which you have more than 70 fragmented elements is not something that can easily be done from the outside. it's even more difficult for the united states to send in ground troops. >> sreenivasan: all right, arthony cordesman joining us from washington, thanks so much. >> thank you. >> sreenivasan: we wanted to follow up tonight on yesterday's unemployment report. the government reported that 142,000 jobs were created last month, well below most expectations. even so, the unemployment rate dropped from 6.2% to 6.1%, in large part because what's known as the participation rate fell. in other words, even more americans dropped out of the workforce. for more about all this, we are joined from washington by sudeep reddy, economics editor at the "wall street journal." so, one of the articles in the "journal "said 60,000 people dropped out of the labor force last month. put that in perspective for us. >> that's right. we've seen over the course of the recove