Oh, I know. We have actually solidified the relationship between Russia and China and North Korea and Iran. Yes. That's completely opposite of what our goals ought to be. Yeah. We'd pretty well accomplished what we need to accomplish in Afghanistan before Tommy Frank ever put a boot on the ground. we said, hey, listen, you guys harbored Al Qaeda, don't do it anymore, kind of punish the Taliban. And that's probably where we should have left that. (46:59–47:09)
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