extremely complicated. we ve just seen the taliban increase their gains on strategic locations. and the gains they ve been hoping to see with the afghan security forces aren t improving themselves. there have been some warnings that pulling out would be a disaster. but his instincts have always been to withdraw. $4 billion a year, ouch. michael? president trump has been ramping up in recent weeks but without the same results, must see tv events, these have become routine as he s recycling a lot of material. hacks on hillary s serve, attacks on the fake news, and, you know, the election night story has become ground-hog day at these rallies. this sort of repetitiveness has long been a staple of presidents
happier and feel safer. they re not sure if the taliban are going to come back, but the brigade commander is frustrated because the afghan security forces aren t getting what they need. they re not seeing the support from the central commander. and get them to take on the taliban where there are other areas in the south. that s before you look at the east or north of the country. now taliban are getting much stronger. there are no surge troops to send into those areas, so they remain very, very troubling, tony. nic robertson for us in kabul, afghanistan. cnn national security analyst peter bergen has been going over the report in some detail. he joins us now from washington. let me start with a pretty bask one. any surprises for you, peter? no, i mean, the contents of this report have been dribbling out over time, general petraeus