about civilian contractors who are still in iraq. we do have 17,000 peop stil in iraq. they're not all civilian contractors, but a greatany of them are. you've got a consulate in basra, a consulate, the woman in basra is less t 0 miles from the iranian border. 1520 americans down there. they are roeted twor three times a week. they are about as vulnerable as any americans have been since 1979 in tehran. and if they were to be attacked, and i'm suggesting that that's not unlikely at all, you're going to see the u.s. military come back in. because while the ambassador said, no, no, no, we're goingo rely on the iraqis to do the job, there is no wa that the u.s. military is going to wait for the iraqis to save those americans. and they're going to need o. >> we'll come back in just a minute, talk with our remaining moments with ourpanelists.