mr. eric katz on my left. >> my question pertains to u.s. policy. should the united states have taken a clear stand for is a prudent for future u.s. policy to implicitly support as they apparently have? by the way, ambassador cohen, i did not know israel had a diplomatic mission in egypt. >> you've got a scope fair. it's about 10 years old. >> i mean, in terms of what the u.s. could done, there were a number of opportunities within this crisis were criticized something. for example, when judges pulled out of oversight, when international monitors have been simply could have raised concerns about the legitimacy of the process. we could've used the relationship that the president at least thinks he has put president morsi to say the situation you're creating in egypt is very unstable. we could've made a statement about the purpose of constitutions being confessional documents to get everyone on board for the rules of the game. they're not supposed to be heavy ideological consequence. i mean, these are things we could've said. i have to also say that w