elliott abrams was deputy national security advisor during the george w. bush administration.s now a senior fellow at the council on foreign relations. and stephen walt is a professor of international affairs at harvard university's kennedy school of government. he's written extensively about u.s. foreign policy. well welcome the three of you. elliott abrams, let me start with you, what was your main reaction with what the president had to say, especially his description of how he sees the u.s. role in the world. >> my reaction is where's the beef. this was billed as a major speech but there were no real significance changes in it, no new announcements. the president had more straw men in the speech, i think than there were caddettes in the audience. he posited that he is the golden means between the isolationists and interventionists. that's not an argument. and settinging up straw men saying other people want to send troops to sirria. i don't know anyone to do that. that's not an argument. and it is i thought disrespectful to the people in congress and in the press and in th