review of the troops there as wellment you know -- as well. you know, normally in this moment we would -- there's things you don't talk about when you're talking about a lot about one thing. i know it's an obvious statement, and one of them is the iran deal where we're allowing russia to sit at the table and negotiate -- you talk to people who have studied that closely, they're negotiating a worse deal that existed before and a potential lifeline for russia energy to iran. and so if we're really in this to create a negotiated settlement or a peace or to allow ukraine to win, you would want to be doing that on all fronts, not allowing things to work against you in the process. rachel: in fact, pete, to your point, gordon chang, you know, who's this, you know, expert on china, by the way, is very concerned about this iran deal and actually said the other day that he is concerned that if there is a negotiated settlement, that ukraine won't get the best deal because, basically, the biden