be a mass exporter of really useful minerals, hydrocarbons et cetera, it's been around for a while, there was a survey that showed an enormous amount of potential in afghanistan but it takes capital, takes roads, takes investment. in workers who are able to keep an industrial type lifestyle. none are really going to be present in afghanistan and none really have so it is always a possibility there could be something there but it is doubtful. >> tucker: i've got to ask really quick and i should probably know the answer to this but do you think a lot of other governments will recognize the taliban as a legitimate form of government? >> i think probably pretty quickly. china, russia early on. others in the gulf have had very good relations with their interface with the world and they've been acting in ways that are pragmatic. i would hate to have to defend on that but the fact that all it would take to close down the kabul airport is to