a chem soleimani, we didn't hear from iran for a good year or two after that, but now we're hearing from them every day. rachel: you know, kt, this is happening in a vacuum. we just have -- we just reported on the election in taiwan, the pro-sovereignty for taiwan party won, that caught won. but i'm looking at china, and i'm going, if i'm china, i want to do something before the next election if i'm going to make a move in taiwan or any other place. is that something that concerns you? >> yeah. you know, it does not happen in a vacuum. starting with afghanistan, we've seen time after time the regional powers whether it's iran, whether it's russia, china, they're all trying to expand. they're all taking advantage of the united states' weakness. so if you're the leader of china and your goal is to take taiwan one way or another, you're looking at the united states, well, distracted by the election, distracted by whatever's going on in the middle east, distracted by