in effort to confront radical ideology. not the first u.s. president to head to the middle east with a message of peace. >> joining us to break down previous speeches as historian doug wead. >> good to see you. abby, p., clayton. >> i like what you say in your notes. you say it has been a graveyard for the middle east has been a graveyard for american statesman who's gone there trying to think they can solve the worlds problems. explain that before before we get into sound bites in history. >> yeah, it's been disastrous. the iraq war has bad disasters. so much hope in his language really resonated in new york city. it didn't work in the middle east. the last egypt will choice at the cornerstone of peace. all of north africa and now it's just totally and anarchy. they were breeding grounds for terrorism. we've seen genocide of christianity, women subject to. things only go from bad to worse