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Through proxy wars, through bombing raids and through 25 years ago almost to the month bombing libya. that was the idea. we saw it in pop un ie p culture, pop culture aimed at children, and now seeing a rerun. this idea that every problem can be solved, every foreign policy problem apparently can be solved with a war. another thing that comes out of the '80s, every domestic problem supposedly can be solved by a tax cut. these all come out of the 1980s. and again, both the political culture and popular culture of the 1980s. >> the nice thing about that, it can be sort of a bummer when you think...

President ordered u.s. military involvement in this mission, will be days, not weeks. first that is true? and second, is it realistic. >> when i talked earlier about getting into a support role, and, expectations are that we will continue to support the mission, particularly with unique capabilities, that we have -- which would include intelligence support, jamming capabilities, and, focus on the continued enforcement of the no fly zone and the mission overall, but i don't have an exact date in mind and i don't have -- i haven't been given a date by the president, where u.s. military participa...

Under this friend which as you noted in the report, friend for three decades, it will raise major questions about american reliability. >> the real risk if we follow his suggestion of going soft on mubarak and not taking the side of the protesters, we are in huge danger of being on the wrong side of history. not just in egypt but in the rest of the middle east as well. >> so joining me now to respond is the president of the council on on foreign relations. good morning. >> good to see you. >> has this administration done the right thing in handling the crisis in egypt? >> to be fair, the stake...

>> they stopping short, calling for basically the ouster of mubarak, saying, no, not calling for the ouster of mubarak. >> this is a very, very difficult foreign policy problem for the administration, we have a lot invested in egypt, and we know that the rest of the region is looking for it. it would be nice if the president could get out ahead, like he did he in tunisia, but this is a much different situation. all that being said, i think they have been pretty good on this in the last couple of days. and they clearly, behind the scenes, telling mubarak and his people, things have got to chang...

Rockier start than most the administration's basic foreign policy is coming into view and it is not a reassuring site. contradictory voices and little coordination with allies. the approach is being tested on the most difficult foreign policy problem of all, north korea. there is a patterned approach so far. it begins with the repeated use of rhetoric that is not backed up my much. a military strike is close to impossible. south korea would oppose any such move since it would face the brunt of north korea's retaliation. remember, seoul is only 35 miles from the border. any military action woul...