intrigue in washington is what it means for a coherency foreign policy moving forward. i think people who are watching and keeping track of government, what they have to understand is it s not just the soap opera aspects of it. it is how does the government, or in this case a national security team, actually work within itself. it is critically important. you have seen when that process breaks down. this is not bureaucracy. this is a very important process and does it break down because of failure to agree, failure to work through problems in a productive way to lead to better policy outcomes. that s what s a danger here. does it break down when every single day we are hearing there is not competence in a way supposed to be leading. whether it s from internal reporting in terms of how career diplomats are feeling but when the president is floating this out there. that is the crass part that david is talking about.