i mean, that was a najibullah... the government that the soviets left behind was a pretty ruthless dictatorship. but i remember i recently had a conversation with an american intelligence officer who said soviet defeat? we would love to have that. they built a real state and a real army that lasted three years. we'd love to get to that. >> rose: seth, thank you very much i. know you have to go. i think you have to go, but i thank you. let me go to jere and then we'll close this down. >> the reason najibullah was able to hold on was because-- and i observed this myself-- there was a tremendous backinging for communism in afghanistan. the communists had a network throughout the country. i don't think that the karzai government has the same support, the same ideological commitment, that the communists had in afghanistan in the 1980s. there is a war going on in afghanistan today underneath the radar between the mujahadeen... elements of the mujahadeen and the communists. so that's still very much there. and i don't think

the most serious unrest in colorado has been najibullah zazi." last call in open phones is from san antonio, texas. greg, an independent. caller: i am a disabled veteran, and i get drug tested every three months in order to receive my meditations and benefits. if i test positive for some illegal drug, i have to go to mandatory rehab. host: you think with regard to the welfare issue that they should be tested as well? caller: absolutely. why is it good for me? i did not ask -- i volunteered to be in the army, but i did not ask to be disabled. last week there was a mixup in my test and i had to go to do but work or i would not be able -- it was not that i tested positive, it was that i did not have enough medication in my system. i had to go give blood. right there, in front of everybody, in order to get my prescription. why is it not fair for them? they are receiving money also -- my money also. if it is is good for veterans, it is good for everybody. host: final story. front-page of "atlanta journal- constitution." "rivals make pushed in georgia.