>> i told you, i have no comment on this. >> okay. well, let's turn to another difficult subject, which is afghanistan, the timetable for the withdrawal because france and other nato allies were critical of the chaotic way that the u.s. left afghanistan without giving american allies more times to withdraw, the sequencing and ignoring the advice from nato in june when we were in brussels together. how does france think the u.s. should have handled it? >> on afghanistan, of course, we have the question about consultations, but now we must -- two things on this, first we must also look forward. we have fundamental issues which are first -- first circulation for afghan people possibly to travel, the rights, human rights, and how we can defend