Can't pull something out of your magic hat, John?

Former gun runner to the Khmer Rouge, now U.S. Sec'y of State John F. Kerry, says it's reality check time in the Middle East;

On a visit to Rabat on Friday, Mr Kerry said it was time to pause and consider where the process was going.

"This is not an open-ended effort, it never has been," he said. "It is reality check time, and we intend to evaluate precisely what the next steps will be."

But it never will be for Vietnam.