surge. the marine general there said don't build it. i won't be here. i won't use it. we don't need it. the surge will be over. but we decided to build it any way. this is what the general warned me. he said somebody needs to look at this. it's the best built headquarters i've ever seen. it was never used. >> do you think the war in afghanistan lasted so long partly because it was just a cycle, just a cycle to make money? it became a self-sustaining industry? >> you're right. once it starts, it's hard to stop it. once that ship starts going down, it's hard to stop. and i didn't see too many people trying to stop this over the last 20 years. >> by early august, nearly all of the afghan army had disintegrated. kabul was still holding out, but it was surrounded by the taliban. and panic was setting in. an office in a shopping mall was