not. they continue to subsidize that country really to the hilt. >> chris: i want to switch a little bit in the minimus the minute plus we have left. it was ignored the fact that the u.s. and our alloys met with the iranians in kazakhstan to continue those nuclear talks which apparently went absolutely nowhere. the question then becomes is iran watching how we are dealing with north korea very carefully and perhaps are they drawing lessons that we don't want them to draw? >> there is no way to know that, chris. i think it's a sign that this whole effort to get iran to forsake its nuclear weapon ambitions by diplomacy and sanctions isn't simply isn't working. well, we know that the sanctions are pinching in that country, but it does not seem really seriously to have deterred the regime there. and it remains a continuing