the rival holders that are standing guard around the perimeter. they would start to thin out out the perimeter and get as many of folks out as they could. then you would see a very rapid collapse of the perimeter itself, while those last remaining individuals, you know, made a dash for the plane and very quickly got out. that's one way they could do it. a second way that they could do it is to do a co—ordinated handoff with the taliban. and, as odd as that sounds, the us has clearly been co—ordinating security around the airport with the taliban, sharing intelligence with them. just today a two star general on the united statesjoint staff made a comment about how the communications with the taliban about have been improving by the day of the last two weeks. so it is at least plausible