far from what was intended. very concerned about what these troops will do and what message the president who doesn't think is going to get involved in any sort of a quagmire does. how do you make sure of that? >> well, i think there's a couple of things that are clear here, this is a forced protection measure. these are troops going over there to make sure that our allies, our interests, our men and women are safe. that's something that didn't seem to rise to the level of a priority in the past years. we know that iran is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of americans and they acted unchecked, so to speak many times. so this is a new administration with a new policy that will stand up to the kind of malign influence -- >> neil: so they will be stationed around american interests, either tankers or personnel -- >> that's right. they are going to be protecting our assets, allieses and investments and interests. >> neil: meantime, we know the iranians are bragging about building up their uranium levels that would be back in the