cauterizing the wound. trying to stop the bleeding. the markets will react badly should oil fields start falling. the kurds are trying to help us for their own interests to actually take control and retain oil fields for the purposes of their own interests. if they start falling you ll see double the price of oil we see right now in short order like during the 91 gulf war. you re saying that would happen in the event these refineries are taken or whole cities are taken? both. the refineries once the refineries start falling, you ll see obviously a panic, and then we ll have two options. allow the iranians to come in with boots on the ground to relieve the situation which puts the ol fields under their control or put boots back on the ground. so i m saying give us some breathing room. give us time to think about how we do this. my center london center for policy londoncenter.org wind