i think we have to have and we seek a trustee to partnership with both these -- seagate this year -- a strategic partnership with both these countries to look at long-term stability. whether we are at war at the level we're at now or in the future when we have far fewer troops in the area, can we support stability in a way that does not endanger us in the long run in addition to the citizens of those two countries? >> thank you. i don't want to engage in the debate so i will let it go at that. my final question has to do with missile defense which is significantly augmented in the budget. why? >> part of the half a billion dollar increase is to implement the phased adaptive ray missile defense that we have considered in europe and also to increase our ability to defend our ships and our troops against peter- level threats -- theater-level missile threats. has the law has 40,000 rockets and missiles. -- has blocked -- hezbollah has 40,000 rockets and missiles. our missiles defend our ships and have the potential to defend our ground troops. we are developing additional generations of