gets in international diplomacy. because you can see the united states faces overlapping and contradictory objectives. on the one hand, we've got to stay close to the military because they're the key to the peace with israel. the camp david peace accords from '79. they're the key to fighting terrorist groups in the middle east and blocking iran. so we need the military. on the other hand, there isn't going to be peace in egypt and isn't going to be stability unless there's an inclusive political process. the u.s. has to also push the military to open up the political system eventually to a new constitution and new elections that would include the muslim brotherhood and the other islamist parties. so those are contradictory ambiti ambitions. we've got to try to achieve both i'm tap simultaneously. there's no other alternative. >> it's still not clear morsi's been released. if the muslim brotherhood's not participating, how important is it? do you think there's any chance the united states could actually