american people want america's involvement in afghanistan to end. when it comes to people in washington, he did something that nobody has done in american politics in a long time, which was to unify both sides — in condemnation of both of him. but when it comes to ordinary americans, he was appealing to them. even though i do believe there are many benefits for america staying in afghanistan just as they stayed in korea and many other countries for many, many decades. there always has been this disconnect in america between what the country does a broad in its foreign policy, and the prosperity at home. in that connection between the two has never ever, and i've been reporting from the us for far too many years, but that connection between the two, the prosperity americans have enjoyed since the end of the second world war and the way their country carries on a broad,