The short term, but the isolation and the economic hurt that will result over the long term is what is really going to potentially change things down the road. it's just disturbing to see, you know, what's going on on the ground versus what the u.s. and other nations are trying to do, especially when the u.s. and europe aren't even fully coordinated on what those next steps should be, john. >> no, the president calling for patience, his critics not patient at all this morning. michelle kosinski in the philippines. thank you so much. coming up in a few minutes, we'll go live to moscow for russi...