the president refused to to negotiate a statues of force agreement. anyone can see the problems that that was going to create. you had unrest in germany after world war ii with the we're wolfs and other organizations and we maintained a presence to secure the new government. and the president opted to end the war for his own political purposes, not for the security of the region. and so it is disheartening to see what is happening. >> brian, i look at you. you are in a wheelchair and lost a arm and legs in the place where the al-qaeda flag flies. i can't but wonder when you see the flag fly and read the comments that robert gates former defense secretary attributeed to hillary clinton where she said essentially, the policies and the decisions that were being made about iraq admittedly were political and not policy, not made in your