was really counting on a much more orderly withdrawal of u.s. forces and that the country would not disintegrate the way it is doing. unfortunately, what we're seeing now is this disintegration. we have brought in additional military troops to remove a large number of u.s. civilian personnel. i know that the department of defense has said they're not going to a full up noncombatant evacuation operation, but i don't think it is far off in terms of how the united states is going to try to bring american citizens and others, other embassy personnel as well out of harm's way because this situation is bad and it is going to get worse in the coming weeks and months. recent -- days and weeks. these troops are now securing the perimeter of the embassy, they're securing the perimeter of the airport, and they're hoping to withstand the taliban from encroaching upon the kabul perimeter. that would then put at great risk those planes and those