karen court koski, a retired us air force. lieutenant colonel, who worked for the pentagon and the essay says, the hearing looks like a political theatre or blank. and of course, he is culpable in many ways. but the, the department of defense is the, is a big player here. a lot of people, americans, and others in afghanistan, particularly in cobble, were not paying close attention to what was going on in the rest of the country. and what was going on in terms of the united states, the tobacco part. some of the questions in the tone of the questioning today is really political theater. and you can, you can kind of watch it on both sides. it's more entertaining than it is revealing . we blame trump for everything. we don't see signs that i assessed the situation 8 months ago, let's say in january, let's say at the end of january when he took power. it didn't seem like he was really assessing what he had been left by the previous administration. and that's the duty of all presidents as they tread for power. so he can blame trump. i don't think it's, it's really valid. in this case, archie l