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And that's one of the most difficult decisions that you make as president, but historically, if you look at what happens to great nations, more often than not, they end up having problems because they are overextended, don't have a clear sense of what is their core interests, and what are things that they've liked to help, and the key in Syria at this point is, unless we can get the parties involved to recognize that they are just burning their country to the ground, and get it on a diplomatic and political track, frankly, there's going to be a limit to what we can do. We will try to mitigate the pain and suffering that those folks are undergoing. This is part of the reason why our approach to refugees, for example, has to be open hearted. Although also hard headed to protect our homeland. But at the end of the day, there are going to be challenges around the world that happen that don't directly tough on our security, where we need to help - we need to help lead, but just sending in more troops is not going to be the answer.