neighborhood. libya is not. it s easy for them to say go deal with that don t look over here. that s what we re going to come to very quickly. we have to figure out what s in our best interests in all instances. philip, do you get a sense we re any closer to that type of a consensus for american foreign policy in the middle east or even the process of building such a consensus? it s a real nightmare to deal with this region for all the reasons that have been said. iran is a factor that hasn t been mentioned. the theory in bahrain there s a sunni dimension and iranian influence. the whole problem of the arab relationship. this is a mind field. i think quite well judged moved towards a u.n. resolution. we don t have the nightmare with gas fin control of whole of libya and insurgents turning to al qaeda and terrorism means to resist him. we wouldn t want either of them