chaos because of the situation on the ground. obviously, kabul falling last sunday and so the situation is just getting harder and harder. and so a lot of questions now about why did you not start those mass evacuations a month ago before things were falling apart in kabul. before things -- before the taliban was getting that close to the city. the diplomats that signed the cable two dozen in total, saying that it was imminent, the taliban were moving quickly. the afghan military was weak to stop it. and so they were really sending this urgent plea to the white house, to the state department, pardon me, to say get us out of here quick. >> and you see some of the ramifications or what they warned about playing out right now. the air base in qatar nearing capacity. no flights have left in at least eight hours. maybe other locations. places to bring these afghans. that was part of the cable. was it not? that we need a better plan, because when this collapse is,