on the withdrawal of uk troops, which he confirmed is almost complete. but likejoe biden, he maintains the uk has not abandoned the afghan government. i hope that no one will leap to the false conclusion that the withdrawal of our forces somehow means the end of britain s commitment to afghanistan. we are not about to turn away, nor are we under any illusions about the perils of today s situation and what may lie ahead. i m joined now by admiraljames stavridis he is a former nato supreme allied commander, his new book, just out is 2034 a novel of the next world war. we should focus on this wire for a second. i want to take you back to the speech this afternoon. joe biden said we achieved our objectives, we did not go to nation build. united states spent $2 trillion in afghanistan. that s a lot of money to root out al-qaeda and osama bin