hard to get or they were waiting for the u.n. flights which were the flights that are supposed to take them out of afghanistan. it was bureaucratic obstacle ls. these people were desperate to get out. one man i wrote about extensively have been waiting for ten years for his visa after serving for four years much in combat. these are people whom we owed the highest debt to and whom we failed. the failure goses up to the highest level, there is enough concerns this could all go bad quickly and we need to take action sooner rather than later. do you think it damage the u.s. on the world stage? i think it hurts badly. experts from russia and ukraine have said part of putin s decision to begin massing forces