collapse of the pro-american position in the middle east, all of our allies are scared to death, the saudis, the israelis, the good guys who are diminishing in number, and syria and in lebanon, is the fact that obama was not able to negotiate such an agreement with iraq when he should have and could have, has left a vacuum into which iran has come in, shiite extremism, and the sunni extremism of the al qaeda elements. al qaeda now controls more territory than ever in its history, and it isn't in afghanistan at the edge of the world. it's right in the middle, in mespotame yeah. there's a saying around here, you stand behind what you say. around here you don't make excuses. you make commitments. and when you can't live up to them, you own up, and make it right. so people think the kind of accountability