first. the idea that the status quo could have been plmaintained by keeping our forces there is simply wrong. the fact is had the president decided to keep forces in afghanistan beyond may 1st attacks would have resumed on our forces. the taliban had not been attacking our forces or nato during the period from which the agreement was reached to may 1st. the offensive you are seeing across the country to take the provincial capitals would have commenced. we would have been back at war with the taliban. i would probably be on this program today explaining why we were sending tens of thousands of american forces back into afghanistan and back to war. something the american people simply don't support. that is the reality. that's the context we're dealing with. >> you cited the may 1st deadline negotiated by the trump administration. you did blow through that deadline. we did have troops there after may 1st. again, the issue here is not just the withdrawal of u.s.