generals being listened to post afghanistan post this report. >> the situation on the border of ukraine with russian troops building up is not the same as ending a 20-year war where we were spending an enormous amount of not just money but blood of american service members over the course of decade. that's a different circumstance. >> bill: back to the question are the generals being listened to differently now than post afghanistan? how would you answer that? >> you know, she went on to say they're completely unrelated. don't take it from me. listen to putin's own propaganda where he is citing afghanistan as he is speaking to the ukrainians saying the americans will not stand with you. this white house is weak. and does not have resolve. listen to xi of china's propaganda pumping what happened in afghanistan into taiwan. don't take it from us. take it from the dictators who are citing the debacle in afghanistan as a lack of