crumbling. >> reporter: nobody here will acknowledge a level of surprise, just the concern with which the speed this is all happening. it has an air force. it has equipment, and it has the training. what it doesn't have, it seems, is the will and the fire to fight. that of course is an important element of the battlefield. >> they are using the air force, jim. in fact, they are flying more air strikes than we are on a daily basis. but money can't buy will. will has to be there. the ability to exert leadership and exude leadership on the field, that has to be there. >> reporter: as we head into the weekend here, by the end of this week end, the first 3,000 troops moving into afghanistan to support the airport should be on the ground here with about another 3,500 troupes moves into kuwait as a standby force. but that gives you an idea of how the u.s. sees this going. jim, it is not going well. nobody here is trying to sugar