some of what they did and the people they put in prison early on, undercult their o-- undercu their own credibility, they were creatures of habit and it was hard to break. the short answer is getting this exactly right is maybe easy to describe theoretically and hard to do practically. >> thanks. question for elliott, elliott, during a good part of the bush administration you were -- you had the unique dual roles on the point man on middle east policy and we heard steve reflect on some of the president bush vision and new calculations for the order in the region. as you look back now on your time in the bush administration, if you could engage in a little bit of reflection and self-criticism perhaps, what do you think the administration got right and what do you think the administration could have done better on these issues of democracy reform, human rights, religious freedom in the broader middle east? >> self-criticism is very chinese. you sit in a hard chair. >> this is a maoist panel. >> then head out to the country side and dig ditches. >> they may look like undergrads but they ar