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Afghanistan. i didn't see a point where we would have sustainable afghan forces, a thriving democracy and a thriving economy in afghanistan. i viewed our presence in afghanistan as a term insurance policy. when you stop paying the premium, you stop mitigating the risk of bad things happening. >> beyond the general's worries for the future came some sobering admissions as to how 20 years of war and the most powerful military in the world could have failed to prevent the taliban from recapturing kabul with hardly a shot fired. >> i have a real sense of tragedy for the afghan people. i think the ...

Premium, you stop mitigating the risk of bad things happening. >> beyond the general's sobering admission that 20 years of war in the most powerful military in the world could have failed to prevent the taliban from recapturing kabul with hardly a shot fired. >> i have a real sense of tragedy for the afghan people. i think the taliban regime will be hard on so many afghans. that hurts. the other emotion on our effort is that in my entire experience, i never saw people there trying to screw it up. i saw good people with good intentions working hard but i don't think we did very well. [ gunshots...