agreemt itsf had demoralizing effec on afghan soldiers. my assessmenis, yes, it did affect torale the ahan securi force i again, evybody, it s 5:00 in new york, a bleak assessment from the top pentagon officials testifying before the senate armed services committee today, that the deal brokered b the ex-president, donald trump, th the taliban back in february 2020 negatively impacted the afghan secury forces. we know they fell to the taliban much quicker than u.s. officials expected in what was dcribed today by the chairma of the joint chiefs of staff, general mark milley, as a, quote, logistical sucss but a strategic failure, the u.s. end up evacuating more than 124,0 peop follong the collap of th ahan forces in 11 days, not the months that intelligence had suggested they had. president biden last month said the deal trump made with the taliban essentially left him no choice but to get people out. i d have only one alternative, pour thousands more