a 300,000-person army with a decent air force collapsed in a matter of days. and that type of morale breaking is an indication of a complete lack of leadership from afghan central government. >> well, you know that the argument from people who disagree with how this was done, not necessarily people who think that we should continue to have a presence there, is that the u.s. provided logistical support, the u.s. provided especially through contractors technical support for the air force, and then when you have trump saying the troops need to come out, biden saying troops need to come out and all that support coming out, it's not a surprise that the afghan military would crumble as it did. >> the fact that after 20 years and $80 billion plus, the afghan military wasn't capable of fighting for more than a week on its own two legs is really indicative of the fact that there was no political end game for the counterinsurgency.