have taken out head of al-shabab, it's extremely significant. we did the same thing in 2009. we took out then head of al-shabab. we've done it again. al-shabab operates in eastern somalia and it's like cockroaches. you take out the top guy, you take out the leadership, they scramble for a year or two, they come back again. but when they come back this time, it's been far more significant because of the nairobi mall killing and the particular brutal nature of it and the way that it seized the world's attention. it wasn't an attack that was aimed at americans, but americans died in it. the significance of this is it shows the united states and the navy seals are willing to fight terrorism world wide despite plans to the contrary that the war on terrorism is over and al-qaeda is on its heels. we're willing to go after them. that's significant, too. i would only point to the fact that in 1995 when two american