factors on the ground belay that. three steps behind administration, calling it transitory, temporary for months and months. three steps behind on crime, not saying a word about it in most of 2021. three steps behind on the taliban, who took kabul in amount of time it takes to order a pizza. we didn't think they would get there this quickly. three steps behind on the border. someone thought it was a great idea to stop building the wall or invite migrants to come to the country and catastrophe is the result. hard to put the toothpaste back in the tube or hard to put humpty dumpty back together, as todd and i know after telling our kids. it will only get worse, todd.