about exceptionalism and lecturing about a country meaning the u.s. has that been relying on brute force, et cetera, et cetera. as i said, he has the advantage right now and this was just an effort to gloat about it a little bit. who do you think was the real audience here? is it the american public? is it congress? is it the international community? who was he speaking to? yes. all three. yeah, all three. probably more the american public. the message is that i was just mentioning, particularly what he had to say about american exceptionalism which during the president s speech some were disappointed that he seemed to be pandering to those who are jingoisticic and constantly talk about american exceptionalism. a whole school of thought the more you talk about how exceptional you are the more questions you raise about who you are. some nerve writing that in an american newspaper. not the best audience. the washington post is reporting that the u.s. is delivering weapons to