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Because we were never able to apply the surge forces. did not give the full number of forces and over the objections pulled them out early. able to secure secure and stabilize the south but not the east. we were leaving a major problem here for the national security forces as we were never able to root it out the way we wanted to. bill: civilian deaths up 17% in 2014 alone. now the capital city has become the frontline. two weeks ago the president said combat forces will stay there another year. what happened? >> the issue we have here is much worse than in iraq in the sense this is an arbitra...

Issue now is not that it's hypothetical. it's about seeing what's going on right now. we are still actively cope pg with one of the foreign policy disasters left over from the last time a guy said he didn't want to work on this as an issue. if you take the issue of afghanistan, which you'll have to take on if you want to be president, this was the republican nominee's position on afghanistan right up until last night. >> in afghanistan the surge was right. but announcing a withdrawal date, that was wrong. the taliban may not have watches, but they do have calendars. >> the biggest mistake he's...

It's about seeing what's going on right now. we are still actively copeing with one of the foreign policy disasters left over from the last time a guy said he didn't want to work on this as an issue. if you take the issue of afghanistan, which you'll have to take on if you want to be president, this was the republican nominee's position on afghanistan right up until last night. >> in afghanistan the surge was right. but announcing a withdrawal date, that was wrong. the taliban may not have watches, but they do have calendars. >> the biggest mistake he's made in afghanistan for one, announcing ...

I think congress should investigate what happened at our consulate in libya because i think, the difference between a planned attack and a riot is night and day. bill: one other point here, afghanistan is popping yet again. >> yeah. bill: what is our policy there in 20 seconds or left? >> poll-driven politics. commanders wanted 40,000 surge poreses. forces. they got 30. when he announced surge forces going in he announced date they were coming out. announced surge forces against commander's advice. the situation deteriorated in the region. people think we're leaving. our enemies are emboldened...

Afghanistan. we're going to have a strong partnership that is going to transcend military supported into other areas, economic, educational, scientific. the normal kind of relationship that we would have with an ally. that sends a huge message to the taliban and to the pakistanis that we are sticking around. >> heather: so u.s. combat troops they withdraw in 2014, what needs to happen before then? >> we have key decisions right in front of us. our participation in the war is coming to an end but the key decisions will determine the future security of afghanistan. first one, surge forces, some ...