you mentioned there was a lack of conducive working relationship between cars at and eikenberry so he made the executive decision to do one-on-one meetings about karzai and you also mentioned he stressed the importance of civilian military partnership. i'm just wondering about your reflection how that can and to play. was that the right call the overall picture of that? >> one of the things he learned in his education in iraq is just how critical it is to have unity of effort with the civilian side because you can't tell your way of an insurgency. it means to be a comprehensive military plan that i believe the whole of government effort. the surge of security forces arrived but we never did see the surge of civilian force is slash was pretty frustrating to him, but he found innovative ways to worker down that. one way i'd like to frame the book is that it is a study and strategic leadership how to get it done when you have the troup caps. if you want the local afghan police initiative that you only have so many special forces officers how can you be innovative and augmented so he brou

and next to him is karl eikenberry, former ambassador to afghanistan. and we have on teleconference ambassador sherry rehman who was unable to make it today because of a prior commitment, several teleconferences with the government in islamabad, but she was kind enough and wanted to be here badly enough to agree to talk to us here by teleconference. so you can see her sitting back there, you can see her in the television monitors around the room. gentlemen, i want to begin this by, with a quote. from a recent article by dexter filkins in the new yorker published earlier this month on the situation in afghanistan. filkins writes: after 11 years, nearly 2,000 americans killed, 16,000 americans wounded, nearly $400 billion spent and more than 12,000 afghan civilians dead since 2007, the war in afghanistan has come down to this, the united states is leaving, mission not accomplished. objectives once deemed indispensable such as nation building and counterinsurgency have been abandoned or downgraded either because they haven't worked or because this was no l

a question for general eikenberry.i understood you correctly, you questions the trading of -- the drug trade in afghanistan. my question is, is it feasible to consolidate the gains that we have made with such blood and treasure without giving with the narcotics trade which fuels the insurgency, promotes corruption of public officials and institutions, undermines public confidence, and generally challenges the rule of law? >> thanks for raising that point. i certainly did not mean to communicate that the war against drugs in afghanistan is not vital for afghanistan's success and stability, and an important national interest of our own. i was talking about the loose definition of a military doctor. but the approach is that the dea has had a region has had must be continued. they must absolutely be continued. afghanistan produces 99% of the world's poppy. every $10 of corruption that exists with -- seven of them are going to the pole of afghanistan, the government of afghanistan. three of those are going to the taliban. t

next to him is karl eikenberry, former assistant best -- former ambassador to afghanistan.teleconference ambassador sherry rehman who was unable to make it today because of a prior commitment. she was kind enough and wanted to be here badly enough to agree to talk to us here. you can see her sitting back there. her in the television monitors around the rim. i want to begin this with a ". a recent article by dexter falcons in the new yorker published earlier this month. he writes after 11 years, nearly 2000 americans killed, 16,000 americans wounded, nearly $400 billion spent, nearly 12,000 afghan civilians dead since 2007, the war in afghanistan has come down to this. the united states is leading the, mission not accomplished. they have been abandoned or downgraded because they have not worked for there was no longer enough time to achieve them. do you agree with that assessment? >> with due respect, i do not agree. our people do not want to go to those dark days of civil war and also to dark days of taliban who ruled the country. now we have a strong military. we have a st

next to him is karl eikenberry, former assistant best -- former ambassador to afghanistan. and we have on teleconference ambassador sherry rehman who was unable to make it today because of a prior commitment. she was kind enough and wanted to be here badly enough to agree to talk to us here. you can see her sitting back there. her in the television monitors around the rim. i want to begin this with a ". a recent article by dexter falcons in the new yorker published earlier this month. he writes after 11 years, nearly 2000 americans killed, 16,000 americans wounded, nearly $400 billion spent, nearly 12,000 afghan civilians dead since 2007, the war in afghanistan has come down to this. the united states is leading the, mission not accomplished. they have been abandoned or downgraded because they have not worked for there was no longer enough time to achieve them. do you agree with that assessment? >> with due respect, i do not agree. our people do not want to go to those dark days of civil war and also to dark days of taliban who ruled the country. now we have a strong milita

. >> i have a question for general eikenberry. i want to go back to the figures mentioned here. i can see that we killed osama bin laden. i will can see that the deterioration -- i will can see that the deterioration of that organization al qaeda in afghanistan has been severely damaged. but we are talking huge numbers here. we are talking to thousand americans killed, 16 million americans wounded. $400 billion. and we are leaving a situation where the talent and still has a very robust defense -- taliban still has a robust defense. they have sanctuaries on the borders. i am sure the ambassador would agree, there is still a great deal of corruption. i do not think anyone believes that the taliban will be defeat or the government of pakistan is going to be a functioning western style government. i guess what i am saying is, just cutting our losses right now because it is proven to be too difficult to do all of the things we had talked about doing -- too expensive than life and blood to continue this for an indefinite period. is that the reason for these decisions and this curren

. >> i have a question for general eikenberry. i want to go back to the figures mentioned here. i can see that we killed osama bin laden. i will can see that the deterioration -- i will can see that the deterioration of that organization al qaeda in afghanistan has been severely damaged. but we are talking huge numbers here. we are talking to thousand americans killed, 16 million americans wounded. $400 billion. and we are leaving a situation where the talent and still has a very robust defense -- taliban still has a robust defense. they have sanctuaries on the borders. i am sure the ambassador would agree, there is still a great deal of corruption. i do not think anyone believes that the taliban will be defeated or the government of pakistan is going to be a functioning western style government. i guess what i am saying is, just cutting our losses right now because it is proven to be too difficult to do all of the things we had talked about doing -- too expensive than life and blood to continue this for an indefinite period. is that the reason for these decisions and this curre