yes, that vote took place during the holiday season in august at short notice. if you look at what we're doing now in the u.s.-led coalition against isil, it's really very significant what we're doing in iraq. we're also active in syria. we're not taking part in air strikes in syria. that's indeed the case. but we're very engaged in the campaign to get rid of bashar al assad. we're engaged with our partners -- >> he's still around. >> reporter: to reinvigorate the training track but we're also involved in training and equipping the syrian opposition. we're helping with isr facilities in iraq. and we're doing a great deal with air tanking, with precision bombing, with trade and equip, with counter ie d especially support to the iraqi armed forces. we are significant players. so i think you should judge us by what's going on, by our action, and also by our very substantial investment programs for the future of our military capability. >> my experience in dealing with the british intelligence officers, british diplomats is they're of extremely high quality. i just wish they had more to do. >> i'm not short of things to