also a marine veteran and representative, we're so happy to have you with us this morning. obviously not under the circumstances. you commanded infantry in afghanistan during your time in the marines. so when you see the situation really just devolving, minute by minute, do you question at all the mission you are serving? what go through your? mind mission you >> there were two mn afghanistan. the first mission was a counter-terrorism mission. and that was designed to deny safe harbor to terrorists and bring to justice the who architect id 9/11. and the counter-terrorism mission has largely been successful. some of bin laden's dead and terrorists have not been able to gain a foothold in afghanistan. but under bush and rumsfeld and cheney, that other mission morphed into a counter insurgency mission. a nation building exercise. and that mission was doomed for failure. we can fight in afghanistan for another century, and the u.s.