here as the u.s. pulled out of afghanistan and the situation in iraq where they have special forces that are some of the most capable and battle tested in the region. you say it is a mistake to compare afghanistan and iraq and that iraq is in a much better place to take hold of its own security now than afghanistan. why? absolutely. comparing iraq to afghanistan is like comparing apples to tennis rackets, poppy. they are iraq has a solid new prime minister, the one who so going to meet with president biden today, prime minister moustafa al kadhimi. he s solid and formerly the director of the iraqi national intelligence services. he knows what he s doing. iraq has a very informed parliament. they certainly have political implications within that parliament. but they also have a great president by the name of barham salah who has been president for a while. they have a solid government. they also have very strong security forces.