those attacks, i think they re supported by the pakistanis. they have a safe haven inside of pakistan, the united states policy is trying to push back on the pakistani. this is likely something of a reaction to that before the spending offensive begins. in other words, it puts you back on u.s. policy. lea: i recently spoke with a source at centcom who told me that a lot of the air assets that were working on syria have moved over to take the same strategy in afghanistan. in syria they were going after the oil, and in afghanistan now they ll go after the drugs that s creating revenue. what do you think of this. i overall agree with the trump strategy on afghanistan, they made a decision to stay and that s totally different than the previous administration. secondly, they ve decided to increase the resources as you indicated, more lethal resources and also, a policy change. you know, afghanistan s the