is our insurance policy america wouldn't be attacked again. he just gave the argument for why we should stay. that's stunning. >> bill: a few things here. general milley said a few weeks ago the target was to get down to 600 to 700 troops in country prior to tomorrow august 31. i don't know what you can do in afghanistan with 600 or 700 forces. it is the embassy or bagram or local airport. can't be all three. were those the guidelines that people on the ground were given? >> yeah, well, there is a lot of blame game going on here as you correctly identified. it is sad to see and all driven by the fact that they have had significant failure here. and it is undeniable and the american people are very much aware of it. but what happened clearly, we've seen the biden administration blame the intelligence services for not