interestingly, as the violence rages, i should point out the people killed in that bus explosion, the government said they were civilians. the violence rages here. the most volatile province. it's got 300 marines who went in to stop the whole place from falling to insurgency. they have made some progress. their experience, as we saw, represents the challenges the u.s. faces before the trump white house announced the new strategy for afghanistan. here is what we saw. here we are, again, but it's been going on so long. these guys have left, then come back. afghanistan and american marines. when does it end? a year ago, the taliban were at the gates of this city. now, it's not good, but it's