because we told everybody when we're leaving so they know they only have a few days left to get through those barriers. that is what led to the target being so dreadfully high in terms of how many troopers we lost. i hate to say it the wrong way, but we'd normally lose two or three during one of these ied attacks, but that's when you're doing crowd control as well as security. >> and what is -- the pentagon now says that they're taking maximum force protection measures. obviously there's stuff that probably shouldn't be said publicly and use your judgment on that, general. i mean, what more can they do at this stage? >> the most important thing to do is they need to push the perimeter out so they have as few people exposed as possible. you're right. there's other tactics and procedures we don't want to be