That's it in a nutshell, Art! One of the first laws of the Presidency should be "govern the country you are in, in the world it is in, and not some other imaginary world or country".
This of ocurse sounds terribly naive to those who have jumped out of bed at the sound of the mournful sireens, grabbed there shotguns and stand ready in their nightshirts for the enemy to stand up and be beaten.
I may eat my words, someday, of course, but right now that's how I sees it.