shifting strategies and plans and a new war in iraq, and a failure to hold pakistan accountable for putting terrorism in afghanistan. i think we are in a full circle moment. the u.s. fwhent there to unseed a terrorist power and protect itself from a national security perspective. and the last 20ec years, the u. is leaving, negotiating with the same people they have been fighting for years. the sameor power they unseeded back in power and it's causing a lot of people to look back and say, what was accomplished? for all the gains, the women on the ground, and infrastructure, the u.s. did not succeed in the nation building. ituc did not succeed in puttingn place an army that could sustain itself over time. there were a lot of steps that didn't get done. for me, personally, it's full circle. for the ulcountry, the world, is full circle.