there, but the condition of the afghan people despite these set backs are in some ways many beneficiarbetter than it was tes ago. when do we reach a place when afghanistan, we're not talking about switzerland. but at what point does afghanistan have enough consent to be governed that the taliban recruiter or i.s.i.l. recruiter, giving a life for a shot at a government that just might represent their interests. >> the prospect of dying is not enough to turn that i.s.i.l. guy down yet. i want to thank my guests, michael breen, truman project, thomas johnson, name he post graduate school. i'll be back with final thoughts of an afghan war that never really ends. stay with us, it's "inside story." >> afghanistan has been home to coups and countercoups, revolutions uprisings and invacations for centuries. it's been a monarchy. a communityist soviet satellite and ruled by a lightly free floating ement 'e floating emrat e. in other words it wasn't a very promising place for americans to parachute in and impose order against a wider fight of state disfunction and terrorism. the cold war left an ameri