have any leverage to persuade them. and maybe they've learned to see that their society has changed, at least in the urban areas, and with society now having access to technology. i don't know the answer to that. i don't think anybody knows. but we're in a position to like a python squeeze them economically and diplomatically and ultimately from an intelligence point of view, certainly not bring any assets to bear that might help them in the future that they may need. >> yeah. >> and one final thing. we haven't talked about covid. we've talked about covid here in the united states. we haven't talkeanistan. i don't know how many coming in. i hope they're all being checked for covid coming into our country. but if covid is spreading in afghanistan, they're not going to be able to carry on as a society if they're dying. so we have some leverage to be sure, some help to be sure, that they're going to need in order to survive as a functioning government. and we'll have to wait and see how that plays out. >> we're smarter for having