try to extract our selves with minimal effort. the whole faith of south and southwest asia hinges on whether pakistan doesn t go to pieces. don t forget that pakistan, by the way, has a history a tradition and it has nuclear weapons and can account for all of its material. the technology, the nuclear technology that s in iran, where did it come from? it came from pakistan. pakistan dangerous place and it s libel to spiral out of control. let s talk about defense secretary gates plans to cut. oover five years, $78 billion reducing the size of the marines by 15,000, the army 27,000. what does it all mean? nothing good. we just increased the size of these forces because we actually needed them. don t forget, we ve got a very small military. 1.71 million at the moment. and we re defending a country of 310 million people with interests around the globe.