people will still respect us. but they are wounded and shaken by what has taken place here. brian: as are we. you are not just summarizing inaccurately what the administration keep saying the president and jen psaki the other day there are few countries that wanted us to stay in afghanistan more than china and russia because it would have tied up our resources and tied up the u.s. military. please? 2200 troops, covert cia and seven military bases? that was not tying up the bulk of u.s. resources. and general, real quick, you had a chance to talk with begany the last time he was in america what did he ask for? what did we give him? what government that regime alive was u.s. intention and u.s. air support. he wanted that and we were pulling that away. and then we also pulled away the contractors to keep his air force flying. he was in desperation and i met