announcement to withdraw troops in northern syria and that s hardly the only american military commitment that has gone on a long time. this week incidentally marks the 18th anniversary of american involvement in afghanistan, the president has said repeatedly he wants to out that war, most of washington is united to keep it going indefinitely. eric prince knows a lot about the subject. he founded a private military group and he is chairman of the front or resource group. he joins us on site tonight. great to see you. he had been in and out of afghanistan since that were started 18 years ago. looking backward, what is your assessment? failure. we won in the first six months we were there fighting a very unconventional war. it was a few special forces guys anand a few cia officers backedy air power. six months hammering the taliban and on the pentagon and the conventional military rolled in, largely repeatedly still be a battle plan and we have gone backwards ever since, wasting hundre
man: you re sure it s here? keith morrison: (voiceover) but as the searchers scoured the immediate area, they understood it couldn t be her. the bits of clothing weren t right and the bone was bleached by the sun. must have been there a long time. and when they looked closely that s a six foot something. it s not a 5 foot 5 female. keith morrison: (voiceover) appalling, some other poor soul wound up here, but relief too it wasn t michelle. so the search and the mystery wore on for days and then for weeks. and by the middle of august, it all looked to be losing steam. on a typical san francisco summer afternoon as the fog rolled in, christine and michael brought us up to date on their efforts to find michelle. how long has it been now? it s been over two months. it s been about 72 days.
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we stumbled over a human bone in the same area where michelle s cell phone had briefly pinged off a nearby tower. there s shorts here. keith morrison: but as the searchers scoured the immediate area, they understood it couldn t be her. the bits of clothing weren t right, and the bone was bleached by the sun must ve been there a long time. and when they looked closely that s a 6 -something. it s not a 5 5 female. keith morrison: appalling. some other poor soul wound up here. but relief, too, it wasn t michelle. so the search and the mystery wore on for days and then, for weeks. and by the middle of august, it all looked to be losing steam. on a typical san francisco summer afternoon as the fog rolled in, krystine and michael brought us up-to-date on their efforts to find michelle.
appalling. some other poor soul wound up here. but, relief, too, it wasn t michelle. so, the search and the mystery wore on for days, then for weeks. by the middle of august, it all looked to be losing steam. on a typical san francisco summer afternoon, as the fog rolled in, christine and michael brought us up-to-date on the efforts to find michelle. how long has it been now? over two months, about 72 days. how are you doing, the two of you, with all of this? i mean, how are you holding up? it s weird. just trying to stay active and keep the word out and trying to stay positive. right. it s really, just trying to stay positive is the hardest part. the hardest times for me are at night getting many bed saying i hope michelle is in a bed. yeah. you clearly decided she is