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Firm posture of 9800 troops through the end of this year. we want to make sure we have doing everything we can to help afghan security forces succeed so we don't have to go back. so we don't have to respond in an emergency because counterterrorists are, because terrorist activities are being launched out of afghanistan. >> joining us from walk former cia station chief in islamabad, robert grenier, the author of the book "88 days to kandahar a cia diary." so let's talk about this change are we draying the inevitable or is this something we just have to do? >> well i think both. i think that it'...

Combat forces will be gone. >> mike barnacle. >> mr. grenier, the president's comments yesterday, isn't he saying look at the afghan regular army security force, they're nowhere up to the job. we have to continue to own the knife in afghanistan through our operations, special operations and we can't do it unless we stay for a while. >> well, i think that's true. but i don't think that anybody knowledgeable of the situation is going to tell you that the situation for the afghan army is going to be fundamentally different at the end of 2015 than it is right now. so again, i think we are kicking ...

Will remain in substantial parts of afghan territory. >> mark halperin final question. >> is this war winnable by some measure for the united states? >> no, i don't think it's winnable by the united states; however, i do think a larger u.s. presence which is a deployed in the right manner that is focused not just on sustaining the afghan army but also building up militia forces in key parts of the country over time would convince the taliban that they cannot win on their own and it might make them far more amenable to negotiations. >> robert grenier, thank you so much for being on this morning...

eight-minute dissent straight into the alps? could this have been a pilot-suicide scenario? is the airbus considered a safe plane? why is flying at this point considered safer tan ever? we will do our best to answer all those pressing and perplexing questions all morning long here on "morning joe." with us on set we have msnbc contributor, mike barnacle. the news and finance contributor and pulitzer prize and columnist and associate editor of the new york post you jean robinson and an experienced pilot steve radner. good to have you all on board this morning. let's set the scene for ...

C.i.a. is going to abide by the rules, whatever they are but this is a moral judgment that has to be made and unfortunately it's being trivialized by this report. >> robert grenier, thank you very much for your perspective, certainly you know what went on. >> i certainly do. all right, president obama getting laughs last night after he took over the "colbert report" he poked fun at himself, gop leaders and even stephen colbert who is known to mock the commander-in-chief daily. the president also talked shop. let's get to senior white house correspondent, jim acosta. how did it go, jim? >> th...