And so in this case, of course we don't have the ground force necessary. I don't think Americans would voluntarily participate in it. I just don't think we can do that. It would require weapons of mass destruction. It would require presumably nuclear weapons in order to do that. And let's stop, let's not lie to ourselves, we're moving toward that. Yes, and that is another important point that I think you have been highlighting here is if you look at the decision matrix where everything is about upping the ante. (23:44–23:50)
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