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Quickly the taliban would race to and enter kabul? >> reporter: the surprise factor was that the afghan military collapsed, not just the line forces, but the special forces, the best fighters that they had. that they not only surrendered without firing a shot, but just turned over their equipment, surrendered. some were reportedly executed as they were surrendering. but they just gave up completely and ran from the fight. and this is after billions and billions of dollars spent over 20 years to build up that force. they had a force of 300,000 which vastly outnumbered the taliban. but you can't...

Brutal armed group very practice in guerrilla warfare. expecting afghan civilians to take them on is tough. even expecting the afghan national army to take them on as difficult. it is like the situation in north—west iraq, and what happened in 2014. it feels like that. it is extraordinary what a few hundred armed men can do if they want to do it. sadly, the only way of holding them back was an air because that prevented the taliban to roll utterly into the times and to have a conventional military force. they had to be a guerrilla force. when we remove that air support, we have given them an...

Which the u.s. got commitments from north vietnam in return for its withdrawal. but once u.s. troops were withdrawn, north vietnam reneged on its commitments and invaded south vietnam. the most effective way to make sure this does not happen in afghanistan is for washington to delay the troop drawdowns until tangible gains have been made in terms of political power sharing and national reconciliation. it can push the taliban to keep its promises by formally bringing neighboring powers such as china, pakistan, and even iran into the discussions. the united states has faced this exit strategy pr...

Drawing down american troops, while the taliban for its part makes paper commitments it can easily violate. the former ambassador to afghanistan worries we may be watching a replay of vietnam in which the u.s. got commitments from north vietnam in return for its withdrawal. but once u.s. troops were withdrawn, north vietnam reneged on its commitments and invaded south vietnam. the most effective way to make sure this does not happen in afghanistan is for washington to delay the troop drawndowns until tangible gains have been made in terms of political power sharing and national reconciliation....

Globe -- >> and they threatened it. >> yes, in very effective numbers. >> also to you, bob, on that there's an interesting op-ed on chiropractic nn cnn saying attacks on the mall like the university shows actually that al shabab is weaker not stronger because they are not attacking military bases. do you agree with that? >> well peter's right. they at one time owned the capital of somalia and owned most of the country, and they were a nation if you like. they no longer are. the ke in, y -- they have been fought back with the african union, but on the other hand these people do not care if they...