troops of whom two-thirds to three quarters would be americans. they would be very much in a training role rather than a -- out there patrolling type role. so i think those of us who believe it's necessary or it's helpful to have a residual force, i think we're feeling a little optimistic, especially as a result of this election date. >> i also want to ask you, sir, about ukraine, because i understand you spent most of your career in eastern europe. in fact, you spoke at princeton thursday, and you talked about inefficiency of sanctions. you were joking that you tried to put sanctions on milosevic by denying him a visa to disneyland and somehow that would change the future of kosovo. what did your experience teach you about dealing with crises like this? >> well, first of all, they're very tough. and what you try to do is kind of establish the relationships ahead of time. those people who believe that somehow our president, president obama, was, you know, not tough enough with these people, i would argue it's not that he's