be there for the whole bill, especially the bill piece. that's the question. gregg: the surge worked in iraq primarily not just because of america's troops but our ability to train a very willing partny, the iraqi military and police force there. do you think the afghans are up to it? >> look, we've got a challenge, a very big uphill challenge in that for a number of reasons. first, literacy rate. in iraq, you had a reasonable number of folks who have been through a school system, who understand basic math, basic language, reading and writing. you don't have that in afghanistan. so you're taking people who have basically nothing more than a first grade education and trying to put them into a military organization, which requires them to think, do, and serve. and it's a very difficult challenge. that's something you wouldn't have to face in iraq. next, we're talking about cultures which are very different than iraq, we're talking about a tenth century, very tribal mentality that has not taken well to a centralized