he was more exples it today. there was that muddiness over whether this is regime change. i think what they are saying is this is not regime change and saying to moscow we are not trying to remove assad, we know how difficult that is and that that would cross one of your lines. this is a warning shot. chemical should be off the table. they are illegal. it's also a signal to russia. you screw up, you prommed us in august of 2013, labor day weekend when the united states didn't act, president obama widely criticized for that, praised by candidate -- not candidate -- by donald trump, businessman, real estate mogul donald trump in 2013 praised president obama for not doing exactly this. and he was widely criticized in the arab world and in the foreign policy circles, president obama, for not doing it after sending out john kerry and signaling he would. and that change of mind was a signal of weakness, many people said. in fact, what happened tight was exactly the opposite. and i think that your conversation with michael beschloss earlier, with rachel as well in the last half h