. >> 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

. >> 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 what the drawdown and the dates certain has done to the overa overall -- at least the psychological array of our enemies' attitude towards continuing to resist the efforts of freedom there in afghanistan. and i'll -- general, if you have any other thoughts. >> i was just going to say we have not seen the iranian signature weapons in afghanistan. that we saw frequently in southern iraq. and that would be a very quick indicator to us. that things have changed dramatically. >> thank you. mr. chairman, thank you. we've got two committees going on at the same time. so i have to sprint to the other one. so thank you very much. >> thank you, mr. plotso. >> i'd like to thank our di