the president to shift fundamentally in your direction some. >> great question. either poor developments on the ground or the public opinion polls or simply that he, himself, comes to this conclusion. this is a very cerebral guy and people are known to change their minds. my hunch he, himself, i would be surprised if he, himself, does not have doubts about hi policy. you have to. >> the suicide bombing in iraq another sign that in some ways these are endless cycles. >> this is the new normal in a place like iraq. the whole idea we were going to create iraq to be this model to transform the region. >> no. >> hopefully, it won't get much worse than it is now but it's never going to be the sort of place people set out to create. >> got to be realistic. all right. richard haass, "newsweek" cover story, "rethinking afghanistan." everybody should read it. thank you very much. willie, i know -- >> what did i do now? what happened? >> they are worried about you.