successor,t to my danny rubinstein, a trick fellow and a brilliant fellow, and served with distinction in places like damascus and in jordan, i think he just left the united states and is headed to turkey and to jordan and to paris, and i think will be meeting with syrians namely from the opposition in all those places. i do not know what his schedule is. i did not set it up. but i think you should expect that danny will be in close contact with both the formal opposition, but a lot of the independent syrians, and that he will be in close contact with other countries in the region that have big interests there, starting with turkey, the gulf states, jordan, and our european friends. see, how about in the middle? heritage foundation. what do you make of the prospects for the southern offensive we hear about in the news, if that will make any difference? >> let's take one more. yes, over here on the end. my name is stephen. what outcome do the israelis wish happens in syria? >> on the southern offensive, first, i do not think -- i have seen these press stories about open the way toward a