and happened exactly as u.s. forces left. now some forces are going back in, not for combat the pentagon says but to help americans get out. general, i have a lot to talk to you about, some of it, we can talk about why afghans aren t fighting. there s a counter argument to say if we haven t been able to fix or turn it around in 20 years, another year, two years is not going to change afghanistan s fate. is there an argument about stopping the taliban from having a victory as opposed to turning afghanistan around. how would you make the argument to the white house what it has done has stret ened, embold end the taliban and other terrorist elements that may now flee to the region. there s no real political support in the u.s. for