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. >>> and we are back, talking about afghanistan, with rachel reid, max boot, and nir rosen.if we -- if things go according to plan, we do transition, we do start passing things over to the afghan authorities 2014, what i'm not sure i understand is why will some of this not simply start up again? that is, the violence. because in afghanistan, in iraq, we were, in effect, backing the majority of the country in a civil war. they won. in afghanistan, it's not quite that situation. because the taliban, which is the largest part of the country, is divided. the northern alliance is not going to go anywhere. so it feels like there are still elements of a kind of ongoing civil war. we can repress it, you know, it's like putting a lid on it, but when we leave, won't it all just bubble up again? >> it's not really a civil war, fareed, it's an inter-pashtun conflict. the taliban have very we're probably 42% of the population and even there a minority. as you pointed out, the public opinion poll suggests very little overall support for the taliban. if we stand up afghan national security