he was instrumental in the capture of saddam hussein and the killing of abu mossad said cowie. his memoir has just been released in paperback. it comes iraq and when afghanistan are both facing renewed insurgencies. we want to talk about many things including where you are today and where you are going forward, but also look back at where you have some advantage of experience and insight. afghanistan. where are we, in your judgment, on the ground there as they troops by leave most 2014, and maybe all? >> i think that militarily or security wise there have been a lot of gains made, and those gains are shown on the ground in the relative life of the people. i think in terms of government, .here have then big problems internal to the afghan government, there has been a real difficulty in getting local governments adequate, local, competent administration, technocrats down to low levels, which builds the confidence of the people. at the national level, there has been a real problem with them being a credible government. it is not an impossible, but it has been a real challenge. i t