ready. my name is luis vega. i'm an army captain, and i served in afghanistan from 2012 to 2013. i remember a lot of briefings of, like, we need to get to the afghan people first before the taliban, and we need to win their hearts and minds. and that's how we're going to win this war. and i thought, okay, that's a unique strategy, but i was in. the problem is you show up with your team of 18 to 20-year-old gung ho patriots that have testosterone coming out their ears and are ready to defend their country, and you're saying we're going to drink some chai tea and talk about how we're going to irrigate this farm, build this well, build this bridge, and all the while, you're going to be maybe attacked, ambushed.