nonsense, the support will be from china, and russia and to some extent iranians. the leverage in afghanistan is at zero. it will have an impact to some extent on countries who are on the periphery of china in particular, who will be worried about the consistency of u.s. foreign policy. in terms of the military, any lieutenant colonel looks at the 2.1 military in the u.s. armed forces as the preminent military force on earth. it s dangerous to deal with us in a hostile manner. i don t think it s a consideration. but we will watch a humanitarian disaster role in afghanistan. there s little ability to influence it. it was an elective decision.