knew it was time until the taliban came into power in one form or another. it's taken all these years to really finally tear the band aid off so to speak. >> so what do you think is going to happen now that we are sending additional troops to the region? granted their mission is to facilitate the drawdown. how do you see that going? i presume we are not expecting them to get pulled into an open arm conflict unless the taliban attack? >> you know, i think things are happening so quickly and rapidly in afghanistan, anybody who can pediatric what's going to happen in the next weeks let allen days or hours, really, they're just guessing. the taliban has really swept throughout the country. the afghan country and army has thrown down its arms. militia commanders who had been working for the government very quickly switched their allegiances to the taliban. the taliban has encircled the xachl it's a matter of time until the taliban is able take