we did create a fantastically corrupt elite, and thereby perhaps a less governable country. but there is one other thing that our expenditure and effort there built. one other thing we did buy. and that was a huge amount of weaponry. right? weapons large and small. weapons high tech and low tech. military facilities. military vehicles. military bases. that's where a huge amount of our expenditure went. in the end what has become of that? well, some of it we were able to destroy in time, some of it we were able to air lift out in time. but anything that we couldn't destroy or air lift out in time has now become the property of the taliban. including literally u.s. military bases and helicopters and mortars and rifles and grenades and everything. we have just created a very, very, well armed taliban fighting force.