or ana, afghan national army, were the ones conducting operations. what we were doing is we were the enablement, so supporting the air movements, supporting the air movements, supporting air supporting logistics. and all that was being done basically by two relatively isolated airbases in kandahar and relatively isolated airbases in kandaharand bagram relatively isolated airbases in kandahar and bagram with huge amounts of stand—up and thousands of contractors who would stay if the us stayed. so that's not a valid argument. the other argument you and others have made, which biden took on, specifically, when he spoke to the nation a few days ago, is the idea that this is like a career or it's like germany after world war ii. the idea that we could stay for decades and with heart far higher troop numbers that we have in afghanistan —— korea. because those were no longer hot wars, they were effectively over. . , hot wars, they were effectively over. ., , ., ., hot wars, they were effectively over. ., ., ., over. oh, really? you would say that south _ over. oh, really? you would say that south korea _ over. oh, really? you would say that south korea in _ over. oh, really? you would say that south korea in the - over. oh, really? you would say that south korea in the early - that south korea in the early 19705 was no longer a hot war? i think there are plenty of