advise and assist mission. the white house did not want to do that and they insisted on getting below 10,000 people, and i was in afghanistan earlier in the month, and most of the advising is now done from kabul over a videoconference. well, you can't really see what is happening on the ground when you are doing it over a computer monitor. and so, i'm afraid that we have, again, cut too fast, too far, and the afghans were not ready to take up the full mantle of their security responsibilities without us being there to help advise them. i hope they can turn it around. i think it is very important for our security that we help them to turn it around. >> and huge challenge for the afghan security forces for the u.s. and for the nato allies still there, and as you said about 9,800 troops still there in afghan. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me.