thank you, mr. hunter, for your service, sir. thank you. i do that because we ought to do that all the time. mr. skelton, old pal, this the question for you. why are we in afghanistan, when can we leave? >> well, we went into afghanistan, as you know, as a result of the 9/11 attacks. actually, that was the fifth attack on americans in 9/11. they started in 1993. we went in there, we dismantled the taliban government that supported the al qaeda terrorists, and, however, we didn't destroy them as we had hoped to. through the years, you will note, that we were diverted into iraq, which took our eye off the ball. if we had put all of our resources in to afghanistan and done our very best against al qaeda and against the taliban government, which we did topple, we would be far better off today. you'll recall that the president