saddam and put another guy in charge was probably the better course. but again, hindsight is 20/20. the sad thing is america did have an ally, a decent iraqi city forces and after all that blood, tall, treasure and ever, let it slip away really from i was a diplomatic and difference. >> the gentleman in the back. >> erik, thank you for coming and talking with us. curious about benghazi. i know you weren't involved in the company wasn't involved, but what if you can comment on that was not done properly they are from a security perspective, what should've been done? >> the beginning, the middle and the end. to start with, they depended on basically a local militia, a company that hired local libyans unvetted, and trained, and even ill equipped. there's evidence to believe that some of those alerted people and authority to the impending attack but when the attack actually came, they fled. second, the government imposed, the secret agents who were there were not adequate in many equipment or valor to defend that kind of attack. and third, the response of the attack was even worse. the cia and next which was a short distance away, they denied the t