others in the region who want to steer egypt in a direction that is not exactly conducive with our interests, they're piling on a lot more. so, i think that there are multiple agendas at play here. we have one of them. we have the ability to communicate with egypt. but obviously at this point, the egyptian military has a privilegeed possession within egyptian society and they're going to act in ways that are not necessarily democratic but preserve that privileged position with egyptian society. >> shepard: i know hopes is not a strategy but sounds like it's all we have left. >> it's going to get worse and what we're seeing the political polarization that just makes the objective a return to civilian rule and a more inclusive democracy than existed under president morsi is becoming much more difficult to achieve. >> shepard: thank you. >> thank you. >> shepard: a wheelchair bound