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I don't get a sense there's a plan b. is there a plan b? is plan b more time? >> there's no reason why this shouldn't be successful if the afghans do their part. i mean, we have -- i've never met an officer that didn't want more capability, so i would never turn away more engineers or military police. we have enough to do what we have got to do in kandahar assuming that the afghans step up and do their part. >> if they don't? >> well, then we will have given them the best chance they've ever have. >> you can only control about 20% of the variables that are going to determine the outcome here. ...

>> there's no reason why this shouldn't be successful if the afghans do their part. i mean, we have -- i've never met an officer that didn't want more capability, so i would never turn away more engineers or military police. we have enough to do what we have got to do in kandahar assuming that the afghans step up and do their part. >> if they don't? >> well, then we will have given them the best chance they've ever have. >> you can only control about 20% of the variables that are going to determine the outcome here. >> that's true. i think that's why general carter said, look, you have to have...