. >> joining me now, former marine captain wade zerkel co-founder of vets for freedom. thank you for joining me. >> hi, tamron. >> what impact do you believe the death of osama bin laden will have, especially maybe even on the morale hf troops in afghanistan? >> i think it's a tremendous morale boost. for 9 1/2 years the u.s. military, every member of it, has been trying to make this happen. it was executed on sunday by an elite group of s.e.a.l.s, but i think the whole military was able to celebrate what had been in the works for 9 1/2 years. operationally, i don't think a lot is going to change. it doesn't change the strategic calculus and operational considerations of what we're doing in afghanistan, which is fighting the taliban and denying a safe haven for al qaeda in afghanistan. >> but, you know, you say fighting the taliban, it's even debated just what their numbers are at this point. there was a statement in reaction from the taliban questioning whether osama bin laden was even in fact dead, but you and i both know that when this mission started, it was all abo