It also would probably allow the Turks to use this as cover to - and I think that this is a possibility, is they'll use this as cover to - we are now going to pass a law that says we can, in fact, go into northern Iraq.

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And they make sure and they tell you that if anything was to happen that you are going to scan your sea pass and we're going to know who got off the ship and who's still on the ship so they know who to look for.

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You need some generations to pass before we are going to see that people can live in peace.

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And so economic data that in better times would pass without comment, now suddenly people wonder, well, are we going to go back to this terrible crisis?

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