threatening to put a hold on those. they believe this will be hard for them, but in the tenlt. if you listen to larry kudlow -- and thos real. he wants to say this is a conversation. it's a conversation when you say, yes, it's no longer a confrontation. >> the question that hasn't come up is if this is a change. the president insists this will be a very short term operation. you haven't seen one medical this is the u.s. posture going forward or whether there is the stuff. maybe someone agrees to do x and the other one expects to do y.