and afghanistan civil war. that was a mistake. it wasn't necessary. what we could do in afghanistan is similar to what we're doing in other places, use drone, special forces, do some training but we do not need to have tens of thousands of americans on the ground fighting a civil war. >> quickly, mika, also in syria, the united nations has decided they're going to just cut and run because it's turned into a civil war. >> yeah. the united nations peacekeeping forces say syrians have, quote, chosen the path of war and the last peace monitors in the country will leave by the end of the month. u.n. officials will meet to uds discuss if any hope for diplomacy can be saved. in iraq, insurgent violence left 55 dead in a single day. since the beginning of august, more than 150 people have been killed across the country in violence largely blamed on the group of iraqi's civil ranch. >> syria has chosen the path to war. we are in civil war now, right?