it s hard. foreign policy s never animated this president. he sometimes likes to retreat to sort of the soft isolationism, that lazai-fair. this is what we expect the president to do, to be strong in instances like this. does the president the optics of this are always tough. the president is on vacation. i m not one who is hugely critical of any president taking a vacation. he is on vacation. can he getway, politically speaking, with a statement and then back on vacation if the situation in egypt continues to certainly percolate? sure, i mean, the president is certainly on vacation, but the president is never actually on vacation. we have had the president make announcements, very important announcements, when he s on vacation. i do think that he always risks,