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"weekly standard." a.b. stoddard of "the hill." and columnist peter winkler. fred, start with you. thoughts? >> this has not been a good week for the american foreign policy and president obama. when u.s. civilians have to be taken out on a crummy rented ferry, and the british send in a warship to get their people, symbolism is bad. but the symbolism is accurate. i mean, i'm still waiting for president obama -- i mean sanctions aren't going to get anywhere, particularly in this chaotic situation in libya. when you call for international, the international community to unite, that means that you are not going to do anything. because you know the international community isn't going to do anything. except vote for something at the u.n. it's really been a pathetic policy by president obama. and look, the best i can figure is that he was paralyzeed by fear that the americans might be taken hostage or they couldn't get