>> mike, that's exactly right. there is a silver lining in all of this. 25 years ago we created something, i was involved in this in congress, the national democratic institute for international affairs and the international republican institute to create the foundations of democracy in all of these countries it's not going to be league of women voters but we have presence on what we call the second track in all of these countries who have worked for years and years to help build the democratic institutions at the earliest stages and find these people ultimately who will be running government. i'm very encouraged by what i'm seeing at all of the levels within these countries today. i think you'll see that investment pay off. we aren't directly involved as a country but we support them in a way that will pay dividends. >> really quick, given the latest news about journalists and them being focused on to an extent on there and attacks on journalists in the past 24