really heard during the trump era where generally disagreements have been kept below board. what have you been hearing from your former colleagues? it seems like there s a deeper level of concern reflected in this strategic decision. i think this one is going to leave a mark on the president, for a whole host of reasons. if you read that mattis letter this is why republicans are getting so concerned. it was broader than just afghanistan and syria. it was that for sure. i think that was the tipping point. if you look back, mattis was the one who had to go to japan and reassure our allies after kind of the giveaway to north korea on troop discussions there and training exercises. he immediately left for japan to try to fix that problem. pulling out of the inf with the russians and now the russians running around, saying this is going to cause a nuclear problem, which could have been okay if there was a strategy to follow it. there wasn t and mattis was the one trying to put this all