That's a very good point.
Mr. Tabler, I want to go to you on Syria, on the engagement with al-Assad. I note that Brahimi had tried to give him an opportunity to leave early on when Mr. Brahimi was in Damascus, and that failed, unfortunately
On air strikes in Syria, we as the opposition party have some concerns about the fact that we would actually have to get permission to engage in Syria because we'd have to go to Damascus through al-Assad.
Could you comment on whether that's something that is a wise thing to do? We think it is unwise to do that simply for reasons you've mentioned with regard to the configuration of things on the ground in Syria.