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The question i had regarding the politics associated with ash carters statements many of these former cabinet officials leave the white house and write a book about it. there ash carter is right there saying he disagrees with the president. he doesnt have to write a book about it. >> no. as i said hes stating the obvious and that is typical ash carter. hes brilliant. he sees what the strategic end stage should be. he understands strategy and he understands how to put together ends, ways and mean...

>> the end of an era. britains southern afghan base in helmund. more than 200 troops killed. more than 2,000 battle wounded. was it worth it? kwhafs achieved? former british military intelligence officer thinks not. >> by the tomb we left helmund was in a far worse situation than we found it. the answer to your question is, no, it wasnt worth it. 0 dead after a combat force of less than 100,000. these are losses no army can continue to take.

Reaction to the surge of deadly attacks on nato troops by afghan soldiers in recent months, known as gray on blue attacks. senior military analyst oliver north is imbeddeded with u.s. special operation forces in afghanistan and, lieutenant colonel north is streaming live from just outside of kabul. colonel? >> reporter: gregg, there is a remarkable number of young americans, out here, who are in harms way, they have taken on the mission of helping the afghans begin to defend themselves, knowing ...

Drawn into some combat operations even though they are not formally a combat force. whats going to happen beyond that, its not clear that iraq is going to be able to protect its borders. syria and iran are chomping at the bit to get. in violence has dropped 90% since 2006. but there is still violence there. and you have to raise the question which this administration doesnt want to address of whether we shouldnt be leaving in 10 or 20,000 troops for the long term like a bosnia or kosovo. you hav...

Drawn into some combat operations even though they are not formally a combat force. whats going to happen beyond that, its not clear that iraq is going to be able to protect its borders. syria and iran are chomping at the bit to get. in violence has dropped 90% since 2006. but there is still violence there. and you have to raise the question which this administration doesnt want to address of whether we shouldnt be leaving in 10 or 20,000 troops for the long term like a bosnia or kosovo. you hav...

Politically, since march 7th of a narrow election that failed to produce a consensus democratic government in iraq and there stis quite a bit of bickering between nouri al-maliki and ayad alawi and the u.s. looked to mediating forces in the long running political impasse and among them, most significantly, the grand ayatollah ali al-sistani and, it was reported earlier this month the president went so far as to send a private letter urging them to play a mediating force and the white house would...

Other? >> reporter: oh, i think youre absolutely right. it is all irrevocably tied together at this point. general mcchrystal has really come to the understanding that there will not be a -- what he calls a u.s. military victory in afghanistan. that the way you bring security to this country is to start working with the people across every town, every village, every mountain pass across afghanistan. make the people believe that their lives can be better by beginning to provide economic assistanc...

The surge operations have begun, we know that m rachlt ja was relatively successful in helmand. but it is going to pale, compared to the battles that will be seen and fought by u.s. coalition and afghan forces are over the next couple of months. theres a building up period taking place n right now in kandahar province, then eventually kandahar city. well see probably 15,000 to 20,000 combat force, be they stryker brigades or be they other 102st infantry division for instance is coming in. 102st ...

Seal. a result of an eye-opening new poll of americas vets. hes done a lot of work through his in-depth series after the wars. brandon, let me start with you. being a navy seal, youve been in war zones. you have seen the worst of it. here we have yet another fatal shooting on a military base. are you surprised that were seeing this happen again? >> you know, im not surprised. ft. hood in itself has really turned into a symbolic target. you know, we have the shooting in 2009, and a thwarted attem...

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