>> i think the ability to airlift people out of kabul international is enormous. we literally could fly tens of thousands out now between the 31st of august so the only real question at hand is will the taliban, who have all the cards, who have a perimeter around this single runway at the foot of mountains and with an encroaching major city, will they allow the americans, 5,000 to 10,000, to come from throughout afghanistan and get into the airport? i think they probably will. i don't think they're likely to attack the full brigade of the 82nd and two marine battalions. however, they can interdict that air evacuation at any moment. it's hard for me to imagine that it will be a focal point for the successful evacuation of these siv category afghans. we're not going to be able to