fighting, although, casualties are down. but i think the important thing here, when i look at iraq is, it took 8 months to got to this point and is not a stable deal and i don t know that the deal will hold and is a disappointment that they cannot get the politics together, and continue to rely on the u.s., seems to me, both militarily, economically, to buttress what they are doing, and i think they are free loaders in my mind and should take responsibility here and take over. bill s point and one that worries me and again is an has been an unpopular bar with the american people, you can war with the american people, you continue to have american forces there and say, vaguely, we should, and buttress against this or that, thinking of iranian incursions and the like but, we can t be the world s policeman. i don t think that is our role anymore i don t think the american people in terms of budget or patience or american blood wants the job. chris: mara, if as bill suggestions and i