elements of the mujahadeen and the communists. so that's still very much there. and i don't think that najibullah is an accurate way to describe this because he... exactly right, he was completely ruthless. but so was the soviet union in killing over a million people and they both lost. >> rose: okay. suppose what you have suggested does not happen and you assume the united states know it is obvious which is there's a need for a presence and an empathy and a sharing and grief of all of that that's necessary that we expect at this moment. if that's not enough, what's the worst-case scenario? >> i think then we have to go to a big-power settlement of afghanistan with the chinese, with the indians, with the russians and with some of t other european major powers that see what kind of an afghanistan we want to come out of this and together we would have to work the regional issues and an afghan settlement that replaces the coalition forces from some other forces from the region or under the u.n. but i believe that that will have its own challenges challenges but i th

a statement the insurgent group said the islamic emirate once again warns the animals that the mujahadeen will avenge them. >> reporter: today militants ambushed an afghan delegation that was visiting the scene of the attack. gunfire came from two different directions killing an afghan soldier and wounding two others. >> mandy, thank you very much. pentagon officials are busy investigating the suspect and expressing grief for sunday's deadly rampage. >> national security correspondent david martin is at the pentagon. david, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the army has not yet brought charges against the sergeant who it still refuses to identify, but late monday defense secretary leon panetta said prosecutors could seek the death penalty. >> reporter: on a trip to asia and the middle east panetta seemed resigned to the fact that as long as u.s. troops are in afghanistan, bad things are bound to happen. >> war is hell. these kinds of events and incidents are going to take place. they've taken place in any war. they're terrible events, and this is not the first of those events and i