stay out of direct combat probably are not within his control or the control of those who he's visiting with the exception of the israelis. he was in turkey. he's making his way around to a number of the arab states. qatar and others in an effort to win a pause in the fighting that might allow a release of more of the hostages. israeli and some remaining dual citizens of the u.s. but the fact of the matter is that right now, the key player is iran. it's iran that controls most of the fighting groups here from hezbollah in lebanon to the houthis as we were just discussing. to hamas. and in the end, the question is is iran really determined, as we think right now they are, to act