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And the idea that the president of the united states or anybody out of washington would be on tv saying there was nothing new in these documents, hopefully, for them there was nothing new in these documents. they received top level intelligence every day at a level we don't read in the newspapers, but for the masses of american people, there was a lot new in the release of these papers. and one of the things that was critical that was revealed was the story on the front page of "the new york times" monday morning about forward operating base in afghanistan, which in a nutshell gave you the ult...

Help and help didn't come because of the rules of engagement the bureaucracy getting help to them, within a week we were out of forward operating base keating. it was closed. that is a level of absurdity that every american can realize we can't win there. >> no. >> mike, i just wanted to add to that fact, that what americans don't understand is there are parts of southern afghanistan, there are valleys where young americans are fighting right now that the british didn't penetrate, that the soviets didn't penetrate. and get this. that the taliban, that the taliban, themselves, do not dare penet...

Not, the osama bin laden and omar will have a more lasting effect on the region than our influence. >> shepard: along the way we're giving them a billion dollars a year. what do they do with it? >> well, pakistan during the 80s used to control our intelligence because we had to work with them. there's nothing different now. what i found fascinating from reading the reports of the frustration our soldiers had meeting with pakistani counterparts knowing full well they were allowing transport of weapons and goods and insurgents that were going to kill americans. >> we can't confirm what was said ...