taliban. the question is whether or not that is really leverage, and that is, again, these are some biden allies i m talking to, they don t know whether or not just the money. it s a lot of money, but even that is enough leverage to get the taliban to actually make good on their promises that they are going to let some of those, all of those americans get through. and one thing i just want to add quickly to what clarissa said about the way that this is going to be perceived by afghans. what i heard from the president was maybe certainly not compassion what she said that people in afghanistan are expecting, it s frustration and anger that all of the resources and the years and years of training and money and human cost didn t add up to the afghan army standing up, that they just melted away.