You know, great powers don't get angry, great powers don't make decisions hastily in a crisis.

We dont see that the Taliban ultimately can succeed, and its a combination both of what the international community can do to support Afghanistan, not just in the short term, but over the long term.

You know, great powers don't get angry, great powers don't make decisions hastily in a crisis.

We need to understand what we're saying matters.

The Russians haven't helped us at all in the fight against ISIS. When you total up the numbers of sorties that have been going into Syria, aircraft attacks, if you will, going into Syria, when the Russians said they were going to assist, we got a very small number of Russian sorties.

What we do have to do, is listen to what Donald Trump's been saying about our military. He's called it a disaster. He says our military can't win anymore. That's a direct insult to every single man and woman who's wearing the uniform today.

I can't spend a lot of time worrying about the numbers at home. I've got to focus on the mission.