than it was then. >> no question the middle east is a mess. and syria, here is an example. if you look at the obama legacy, what was the obama foreign policy vision? as encapsulated by them. don't do stupid stuff. substitute the word for stuff. that was the formula. the idea being that you can make situations worse by intervention, a lesson of the iraq war and et cetera. a place like syria, lack of intervention can also leave horrendous problems. refugees, you name it. chemical weapons use. so in addition to being a valedictory speech it was also a rebuke of donald trump's at least proposed altering of the course. when you look at the big issues, the big interventions i don't know that donald trump has articulated that he'll be that different. he has talked about standing up, being tougher, negotiating better deals, et cetera. he is not talking about a military intervention on the ground in syria. >> just the opposite. >> not talking about a greater