they would not let us leave people there. we could not get status of forces agreement. >> liberals admitted they wanted to get to zero. they never negotiated in good faith to put leverage on maliki. >> you really want to be, would you like to go act over there working with this army that completely disbanded when isis showed up? this is army that we spent 10 years training? >> absolutely. >> died for training this army and you want to be over there with these people? >> i want to follow through finish what we died and fought for, absolutely. there are -- >> 10 years. 10 years. we're not able to get this army up to the point where they could stand up more than two days. >> it's a long-term project, no doubt about it. when you leave and cease to provide political leverage and military leverage and go down to zero. it is young government. young military. >> how long should we stay there? >> it is not about a time frame. i'm not going to make it time frame. it is about national security. how long did we stay in germany and japan. >> as long as it takes.