there's so much a a strock predicate for action.yria violated the international chemical convention. it violate ed geneva defense. the lack of decency is beyond pale and american allies and other countries in the region are being destabilized because of the refugee flow. you can dructconstruct a powerf argument. the president would prefer a legitimate mechanism i'm sure. if not the u.n. security council, nato and the arab league blessing this. i'm not sure there's time noor and the intervention may be small and limited enough he'll be content with broad systemic support rather than institutional support. >> the fears of the unintended consequence this could have with the rest of the middle east. that's your area of middle east. what do you think it would do to iran, for example, and president assad has already said, whatever missiles in she will be pointed at israel, for obvious reasons. what do up think the -- the bigger consequences are for potential action by the president in this case? >> i think there's some concern that if the