many instances a positive, but then just as general allen talked about, at the same time in another part of the country, we've seen for the insurgency. so what we obviously like to do is encourage continued support for the government in kabul and through various means including the interdiction that general allen talked about, reduce to a minimum, tend to eliminate any incentives for support to the insurgency. >> it just occuroccur to me give history to blow up our troops in iraq shouldn't endear a great deal of trust on our part to the po tevl using the long-standing relationship between afghanistan and iran to our benefit. i'm not sure that there's a real basis for that, but, i mean, i defer this case to the people on the ground. i'm just suggesting that there seems to be a general pattern here, and i'm just wondering