that to be effective, too. so it s pretty tough going right now. miles, we also heard commander marks tell us a short time ago that the u.s. might provide more assistance if t malaysians ask for it. right now the malaysians haven t asked for it? i thought they did ask for it at one time. maybe they need to be clearer. just say look, send us an aircraft carrier, more p 8s, p 3s. i thought his answer was a bit of a sidestep saying we don t want planes to bonk into each other. that can be worked out. a lot of people say send an aircraft carrier. why aren t there 50 planes and not 20 planes? some sort of flat top vehicle, ship. maybe need the george washington in japan for strategic reasons. but there s plenty of assets in the u.s. navy that could come into play. once you put an aircraft carrier of some kind in the region, you don t have the range issues. you have people right on target. that s what you want to go after. david soucie, the search area