to watch. but if we just simply leave today, believing that if we had planned better, if we had better execution, we could have avoided this panic and confusion, i think we're just inviting another iraq, another afghanistan in the future. finally, mr. secretary, just quickly expand on your point about the message that it sends to china. this idea thatd chie ha needs would love it if we stayed another ten or 20 years and why this isn't a sign of weakness, and it's an ability for you and the national security infrastructure to reorient resources toward fights we can win. >> i think, nsenator, you put i well. in my assessment and the assessment of many others, as i said, there's nothing that strategic competitors like china, like russia, or adversaries like iran or north korea would like better than for us to reup the war, double down