everything that we can to continue to support the afternoon government. this is a holding action when you think about it. we're not gaining ground. we're trying to shred the efforts of the taliban as they continue. the effort is to hold what exists now and i'm not confident we'll be able to do that. >> yeah. i do want to ask specifically about kabul. there's about 650 troops set to remain in afghanistan seeing at the airport in kabul, how comfortable are you with that anything will that be enough to hold on to afghanistan's capitol? >> if you're asking fwt united states along with half is no.