obviously. we should give him credit where credit is due. no. he should not have said that or many of the other things. i was lucky enough to join the president. president obama a trip to iraq and afghanistan and there were two purposes to each trip. the first and foremost was to meet with the troops, to boost the morale and to bring a message of appreciation from the american people. the second was to confer with our allies and partners and that was a very important part of it. that clearly was not on the agenda here. and it gives you a sense this was a box checking exercise in many ways for the president. it was clearly planned before