he was unsentimental and he locked horns with many in the american jewish community. but ultimately the policies he undertook benefitted not only the united states, but the state of the union and the arab world as it was at the time. so you kwoif me those three factors you give them back to me or create them, we can have a real peace process. if not, this is an illusion, which may be in our interest to maintain, but it is still an illusion. finally, president obama. let me be very clear. this president i think has learned a great deal about american interests in this region. he came wanting to bebd the trajectory of american foreign policy to transform it. i think he quickly understood that was simply not possible. i would give him relatively high marks. no spectate lar achievements with the exception of killing osama bin laden. but no spectacular failures either. keep this in mind, the revigss on eisenhower now argue that his greatness as a president laid in what he didn't do and an english general was quoted as saying some of my greatest victories lay in the battles