prepared to stand up for itself. it demonstrates not only was it the right decision that president trump made to negotiate with the taliban, president biden made to follow through, but it's the right thing to do to get out. as hard as it is to watch, this is the right decision. neil: so i guess the argument has always been, our 20-year presence there, we didn't get any follow-up attacks on u.s. soil. there were attempts, but we didn't-- they never materialized. now the fear is the taliban takes control of the country and if that happens, we're in danger. are we? >> i mean, there's always a risk in everything you do and in international relations, you know, there are lots of people throughout the world in places besides afghanistan who want to kill americans and some of those governments aren't friendly to americans. we can't occupy every single patch of land that, you know, that the taliban or al-qaeda or isis might plan something from, but the fact of the matter is that most of the terrorist attempts that have gone forward in the last 20 years have been planned on the internet.