but the big if here is the regional militia. so regional militia in that region responds to force. so when i was negotiating them and discussing with them they knew i had the full force of the u.s. army behind me. that's very important there needs to be an accountability mechanism because that's what carries weight in this region. brian: what went wrong -- what would be different about the plan that you and ambassador khalilzad and president trump and mike pompeo were signing off on as opposed to the one joe biden is executing? >> i think what's really bipartisan here is the fact that we can't be in afghanistan 10, 20 years. that didn't serve us. i don't think that was the right answer. that is bipartisan between each approach. the difference here is execution. and there is a difference between leading and exiting on your terms and exiting with your tail between your legs. that's a very big difference here. because it's putting lives at risk. brian: the other thing i would say is were you signing off on getting out of bagram air base?