forward to working with them. >> you say the brotherhood should not be feared? >> david, what i e-mail saying is we have faith in the people of egypt and faith in democracy. and we believe in allowing democratic institutions to take root and to flourish. that's our aim in egypt. we're going to support that. and we believe it needs to be credible and irreversible. >> before you go, i want to ask you about the u.n. vote on a resolution brought forward by the palestinians to dee dee clair israeli settlement activity as illegal. you as the united states representative there vetoed that measure because of the word "illegal." the administration believes that settlements are illegitimate but not necessarily illegal. my question is whether you worry that in the middle of all this protest, the administration has now angered enough arabs in government and on the street by taking on this issue in this way. >> well, first of all, david, we vetoed the resolution not only