columnist nick kristof. you and i have been talking about burma for years, actually. we ve been there multiple times as have i. before we get to the bad stuff, to see the president speaking at rangoon university, meeting with aung san suu kyi, thein sein, cars allowed to pull up to her house on university avenue is one for the history books. it s amazing, be alex. also just the changes happening in burma itself. this is a company that was frozen in embers, seen absolutely unchangeable and now it s changing more in a week than it used to in a year. i think i mean human rights groups have been critical for the president for going. i think it was right that he go and confirm and kind of place a stamp of approval on that new trajectory. and to bring that up, let s get to the bad stuff which is to say that the criticism he has received has been from human rights folks who have said look, change is happening but it s not it s too soon for him to visit and among the things they