that is the situation we are in right now? >> that is correct. >> you stated during the evacuation we developed pragmatic relationship with the taliban. but you're not saying we should consider the taliban to be reliable partner by any means, are you? >> i do not trust the taliban, i do not consider the taliban to be reliable partner. have you to look at what they do and not what they say. >> general mckenzie, yemen, syria, and somalia all border ocean or sea, we can use carriers or other sea-based assets to so our strike assets are significantly further for potential targets than they are for other locations. is it fair to say it's more difficult to hit targets that are further away from where the strike assets is based? >> senator, in general, that is