terrorism analyst. malcolm, it's a great day. it's a day for us to be thankful, it's a great day for us to try and think about the thing that's working. i have to say it was weird of the president to say we didn't let you win before. the implication is for those of you who've been serving all these years in afghanistan and iraq and all those places in the world it was a negative implication. for them i don't think they want to feel like their last ten years or 15 years have been wasted. >> well, i know there are people who are nearing retirement who started in the armed forces after 9/11. that's 16-plus years of combat. and there was no, not let you win, the environment is what the environment is. and we have been deploying in and out of afghanistan and iraq, you know, for almost 20 years now. we have been fighting this enemy. and this last three years has been a decisive fight against isis. look, as we know u.s. forces provided air support, combat