i mean, nationbuilding is becoming a dirty word in washington, but basically all these communities needis law and order if we were able to establish governance, we're shortly not going to get rid of the taliban and al qaeda by trying to kill them all. it sort of like that doritos at. they just make more of them as we do that. but if we actually make them irrelevant i getting people a good alternative, i think that's the exit strategy for the region. people talk about that being expensive and complex and taking years. i don't disagree with that, but we're already spending $2 billion a month on our military operations alone in afghanistan. and surely that's not sustainable