across that whole region. and so it can trigger something. but what's underlined this is a whole region that is in political upheaval, and the future of the region between extreme islam and democracy is open for question right now. and so this plays into it. and that's why, in my view, this is so dangerous, obviously, because we saw how iran -- that's a problem that hasn't gone away. that is a crisis that has been going on for decades. and if the direction that this arab spring takes becomes extraordinarily volatile and anti-american, anti-western, which is quite possible if this feeds on itself, the consequences are huge. just a simple response to, you know, bash this, pound the table, so forth isn't going to get us to where we want to go. this is pretty complicated. and we have to avoid this self-fulfilling dynamics of this getting out of control. >> going back to the politics