mr. migranyan, what do you think the prospects are that the two sides will come together, that mr.ry, mr. lavrov, the u.s. and russia will be able to come to some agreement that will actually manage to separate the syrians from their chemical weapons? >> i think that if congress will be determined not to give authority to president to strike against syria in this case, we can have a success in diplomatic area. otherwise, if i am afraid-- and i dare to say if obama enjoyed the support of congress, he could ignore security council as that happened with reagan, with clinton, with bush jr., and could unilaterally act against assad because he once said he is causincause crossing the red li. fortunately, congress is making more sober policy. >> woodruff: angela stent, it sounds as if he is saying if the threat of military force is taken off the table maybe they can come together. how do you see it? >> i think the prospects -- at the moment, let's be optimistic, but it's a question of timing. how long is it going to take, first of all, for syria to sign this convention, then to allow-- to