In an appearance on Fox News Monday evening, Texas Gov. Rick Perry said he would impose a unilateral U.S. no-fly zone over Syria in an effort to force regime change there.

Perry’s statement came in response to questions from columnist Charles Krauthammer, who asked whether Perry would support armed resistance in Syria.  Perry said he believes “Iran is the real issue in the Middle East” and that the United States threw away a great opportunity to support regime change in Iran in 2009.  “Naively, this administration was talking to Syria and the Iranians, and we wasted a great opportunity,” Perry said.  Now, Perry vowed to “put everything on the table to encourage the fall of the Syrian regime.