behind force of commandos and counterterrorism forces, paramilitary forces and intelligence assets there so we could keep a finger on the pulse of terrorist groups that mean harm to us. so i have a little different view on that. we did force structure analysis quite deliberately and we had a figure of 800 would work. we took the country down and defeated them with 200. i think we could have stiffened the spine of the afghan national security forces with 200, as well. >> so the biden administration makes a pretty steady case that, look, we're saddled with this deal. this is the deadline, this is when we have to get out, and then you are credited with saying, no, no, no, the may 1st deadline was always a ruse. that wasn't real. will ruger just put out a tweet. you know him from being part of the team. i wasn't aware of any alleged ruse and believed the report to be false. it also doesn't fit with president trump's sense of where