broaden this discussion and talk about what this actually means to do that earlier i spoke with james carafano national security expert with the heritage foundation and the host of adam vs the man right here on our team i asked them if they saw any change in the afghanistan of today ten years after the start of the war here's what they had to say in two thousand when you had to push everybody out and then the united states basically went to sleep it didn't really do anything to capitalize on that success and by two thousand and five the taliban did build up their capacity and they started coming back then you got kind of war number three which is the united states coming back in two thousand and nine and not giving the troops that the commanders wanted only about half as many as they wanted so they pacified one problematic area the country the cell they didn't pacify the other problematic area which is the north so now they're turning to the north but unfortunately we're we're cutting troops at the same time we're doing that so this is the beginning of the end but i don't think the ends going

wrap it up i found my thanks so much for bringing i certainly an important discussion to have james carafano a national security expert with the heritage foundation and of course our own adam kokesh host of our two thousand percent the man well general david petraeus is on track to serve as the new director of the central intelligence agency his previous assignments include the commander of the u.s. forces in both afghanistan and iraq as well as the commander of u.s. central command percent com and his confirmation hearing today petraeus said his past work won't affect his future job but some say petraeus his appointment has more to do with star power and strategy are to correspondent helen ford was on capitol hill today and has more. since he's been called the rock star four star he is without question one of the finest officers and military minds of his generation the architects of modern counterinsurgency i mean it's quite often as were all of those. first response is well whatever juniper troops direction which we are that's. general david petraeus. the trains was on capitol hill today t

to broaden this discussion and talk about what this actually means and for more i'm joined by james carafano national security expert with the heritage foundation in new york and here in studio out in cocoa beach host of adam vs the man right here on our t.v. all right guys a lot of people calling this you know the beginning of the end when that and will actually be it that still remains to be seen but i want to look at afghanistan itself how different is afghanistan today than it was ten years ago and james i'll start with you. well you i mean you really can't talk about ten years ago because there's been a lot of different afghanistan since then in two thousand and one you had to push everybody out and then the united states basically went to sleep didn't really do anything to capitalize on that success of the by two thousand and five the taliban had built up their capacity and they started coming back then you got kind of war number three which is the united states coming back in two thousand and nine not giving the troops that they commanders wanted only about half as many as they wanted

center for american progress and a senior advisor for the center of defense information and dr james carafano is a senior defense analyst with the heritage foundation gentlemen thank you so much for even trying to speak for me through with you dr karp on i'd like to start with you you know the cold war is over world war two is over the world's military situation has changed we have one of the most powerful military in the world and we spend quite a bit to ensure that it stays that way what's wrong with cutting the military budget in this time. well you said there's there wars going on the united states is the world's largest economy it's got global responsibilities not so sure why defense brings a problem and store glee the level of defense spending and its percentage economy so actually near historic post world war two los i'm not sure it's inappropriate certainly not because of our fiscal problems so we can take defense spending the cost but we may have contributed take defense spending to zero tomorrow and thirty years the country still goes broke because so security medicare and medicaid

james carafano says this. >> reporter: the taliban and al qaeda are ideological cousins, one in the same approach towards the united states. are you never going to get a deal with the taliban that's not if left alone that won't take you right back to september 10th, 2001. >> but the taliban has been weakened militarily since then and there are other changes since 9/11. i asked cnn national security analyst peter bergen about possible advantages to contacting the taliban now. >> you could create splits in the taliban movement. some people might be tempted to kind of make an agreement. you also can gather intelligence about who they are and what they are thinking. >> but there are risks just in talking. last fall a man passing himself off as a key taliban mediator was flown to kabul on a nato aircraft. experts say he even took money from the allies. he turned out to be a complete imposter. wolf? >> i think it's fair to say, brian, that the taliban have reneged on almost every deal they have ever reached so far, haven't they? >> reporter: that's correct, they have, wolf. they struck deals w