stay with us. >> rose: itamar rabinovich is here. he is the former israeli ambassadortor the united states. he also served as israel's chief negotiator with syria. yesterday israel's prime minister netanyahu sharply criticized the united states for its failure to take more decisive action in halting iran's nuclear program. >> the world tells israel "wait. there's still time." and i say "wait for what? wait until when?" those in the international community who refuse to put red lines before iran don't have a moral right to place a red light before israel. i think iran must understand there that there's a red line so they stopped a vancing on their program to produce atomic bombs. >> rose: i'm pleased to have my friend itamar rabinovich join us now. he's written extensively about the region, not only serving his government but also teaching and writing his book that was published in november called "the lingering conflict." it deals with the issues in the middle east. i want to first talk about syria and then we'll come to the question