no judgement as to how long it took them to ask for support. i don't know that they thought they needed support prior to that time. i don't know how this attack unfolded. i don't know what their initial assessment was of what they were confronted with. what i do know is our logs indicate an hour after the contact approximately they requested support and then i talked about the timeline of the french response. that's just what i know right now. i'm not going to tell you that in the investigation we won't find out that they attempted to get support and it didn't come, i'm just telling you what i know. everything beyond what i told you would be speculation. tom? >> is there good enough intelligence, do they have enough isr and equipment, the general that runs african command in his confirmation hearing last year said he's the economy theater. clearly he doesn't have enough. if the french have to come and help out, doesn't that, you know, raise the question -- is there enough american equipment there. number one. and again, secretary mattis said he wants to expand, lean forward