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They may not do that, but they're under huge international pressure. there are a lot of incentives. apparently a huge amount of money in new york city that belongs to the afghan government, whatever that. and they have to -- if they're going to step up and fill that role and access that money, they have to act like a governing power. and so, i'm -- i don't know on the ground exactly how they'll do that around kabul. they may get help from other nations, such as turkey. i heard turkey might step in. but i'm confident that the u.s. military has the technical expertise, the strategic thinking tha...

This is where our focus on anti-terror with a 10,000-man force -- when i was there in 2003, we were very effective. we were winning the war by the fact we had a very low footprint. the afghans were mostly in charge of what was going on, and i think that's the right answer here. the right answer is to push them into the front, and i agree with michael. the kunduz thing, while tragic, is exactly how we should be fighting the war. the hospital getting hit is bad, but us working with the afghans, them in the lead, us supporting them on the periphery is the right way to go. it's their country. and,...

I thought that was where he was really the harshest on the president, saying essentially your plan is a political plan. >> the facts bear out what governor romney said. when president obama ordered the surge his commanders on the ground, first of all, asked for more troops, but then they said we need two full fighting seasons. we need to make sure we've completely dismantled the taliban, they can't come. that requires two full fighting seasons. the president came back and said, i won't give you as many troops as you need, but i'll stop the surge, pull the troops out before the second fighting ...

I thought that was where he was really the harshest on the president, saying essentially your plan is a political plan. >> the facts bear out what governor romney said. when president obama ordered the surge his commanders on the ground, first of all, asked for more troops, but then they said we need two full fighting seasons. we need to make sure we've completely dismantled the taliban, they can't come. that requires two full fighting seasons. the president came back and said, i won't give you as many troops as you need, but i'll stop the surge, pull the troops out before the second fighting ...