great to see you today. i've been reading notes. the thing that stands out, you want a smaller footprint in the middle east. you don't agree with this build-up. why? >> absolutely. one overwhelming point that we need to all understand is that iran does not pose a threat to the united states that we can't handle with our standard military. the only thing we gain by sending more troops is it ratchets up tensions and increases the chance of an accident could spawn a war. i can just tell you, i fought twice in that region and if we thought a war with iraq was bad, it would be nothing compared to what would happen if we went to war with iran. >> harris: colonel davis, i don't think anybody would think it would be easier. i know what some of their weaponry looks like. however, and i want to ask this, i know you've been there and you thought iran had specificity in its recent threats. we knew our u.s. embassy in front slams on his brakes out of nowhere.