more that will be diverted from kuwait. does this suggest the president got blind sided? j to the extent that they're now going to have happen much quicker than we'd anticipated. that's probably the reason why he had to put the additional troops on the ground to provide protection from the embassy. they need to protect other countries as well, so i think had this not been as hasty a withdrawal and a hasty offensive as the taliban had shown, it could have been done in a more orderly manner and wouldn't have required the number of troops we're seeing going in now. >> that's the question. president biden had sent out the statement today, he broke his silence on tuesday talking about afghanistan. he talked about the decision, he really had no choice but to withdraw.