afghanistan has damaged the credibility. general mark milley told a senate committee he had not anticipated the speed of the taliban takeover and warned that al-qaeda could propose propose a new threat to us interest. was testifying against lloyd austin —— alongside lloyd austin. we hel - ed alongside lloyd austin. - helped overstate but we could not help forge a nation. the fact the afghan army that we and our partners trained simply melted away, in many cases without firing a shot took us all by surprise and it would be dishonest to claim otherwise are. �* , , dishonest to claim otherwise are. ~ , , ., ., , dishonest to claim otherwise are. a , ., ., , ., are. as we build that army and all of its components - are. as we build that army and all of its components i - are. as we build that army and all of its components i think i all of its components i think that— all of its components i think that one _ all of its components i think that one area we may have made over_ that one area we may have made over time — that one area we may have made over time is_ that one area we may have made over time is we that one area we may have made overtime is we make that one area we may have made over time is we make them too dependent on technology, too dependent on technology, too dependent on technology, too dependent on our capabilities. we didnt— dependent on our capabilities. we didn't take in the cultural aspects — we didn't take in the cultural aspects as much as we should have — aspects as much as we should have and _ aspects as much as we should have and we mirror imaged, to put it— have and we mirror imaged, to put it simply. i think that is a big — put it simply. i think that is a big lesson, we will take a hard — a big lesson, we will take a hard look_ a big lesson, we will take a