as well in iraq. stretching that definition, or mincing and fining the definition of combat so narrowly to fall under this idea that the combat mission is over. but the fact is, and with this extension, the troops there, the administration is acknowledging that afghan security forces aren't up to the task on their own of combating the taliban. they need american help. that won't be americans sort of in those gunfights necessarily. they will be close to the front lines with an important combat role. i like to talk to a lot of folks in this building. you know, the have a different sense of what that means. >> war. yeah, it sure looks like war. colonel, if you could weigh in on this as well. it seems if anybody was snoozing, the name isis started creeping into the headlines with regards to afghanistan. i'm not talking syria, i'm not talking the caliphate to the west, i'm talking afghanistan. people may be surprised to realize it was originally