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In six months this will be taliban 1.0 pre-2001. >> you say they convinced these governments and the military to melt away, honestly the taliban was able to take over this country so quickly, largely because the afghan military didn't fight and the political structure, the governmental structure, just quit. just folded shop and left. there is an argument that some are making that that just proves that it wasn't worth the u.s. effort the blood and treasure to prop it up if it was able to fold so quickly. how do you respond to that? >> two things i think we could have left in a less expeditious ...

2001 afghanistan. the president dealt himself out of these negotiations effectively. afghan government will now have to stand alone. the remaining question is how big a military footprint will be keep in afghanistan? imagine we keep some footprint but not enough to effective military control over these outlying provinces even if you do have a beginner footprint to support the afghan government inside of kabul. it's an ugly set of choices now. arthel: couple questions for you. how much do you think or how many troops should be left there? remind us what the pre- 2001 conditions were? >> pre- 20...