peoplek to ngos, other active in providing relief, and they basically say they are meeting only 25% of the needs. heartbreaking. my fundamental point here is the humanitarian tragedy is a deliberate regime strategy. it is not the unfortunate outcome of the fighting. until we totally accept this, we are not going to make much headway. the u.n. resolution was adopted several months ago, practically nothing has been implemented. u.n. officials are despairing about this. there has been no progress in terms of direct delivery of aid to rebels. you have millions of displaced people. >> [inaudible] >> 22 million. >> what is going to be left? >> johns hopkins university. what are the two sides fighting for? do the shia expect to retake sunni territory that has been lost? what is the near-term goal? what should the u.s. hope for as a solution? >> i think the various groups have adjusted their expectations. i think that assad and his allies don't hope that they can retake all the territory that has been lost. why waste those resources conquering land that is barr en, where you have refugees that