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People or else the taliban was not able to take control of city after city, province after province. >> andrea, we often turn to you for the perspective of what this means. what does a world look like with an afghanistan controlled by the taliban? >> reporter: almost immediately, it is certainly feared they could again become a haven for terrorists. this is, of course, what happened after the russian withdrawal and over the years in the 90s when al qaeda got their foothold in kandahar. it became...

Yes, absolutely. arthel: so if attacking us on american soil remains too difficult, are there other soft u.s. targets throughout the world that could be in jeopardy? >> well, sure. you know, thats u.s. military bases, you know, in the middle east and many asia, thats u.s. facilities all over africa. weve seen al-qaeda, of course, have a worldwide reach, you know, several years ago until kind of our very effective counterterrorism campaign degraded their ability. so the question is, you know, how...

Strategy. there is this aversion here in the u.s. in recent years about this concept of nation building, administrations constandly say we are not going to places to nation build. butac to an extent there has toe some sort of strategy as far as creating institutions when you go into a country like afghanistan that had been decimated by the taliban andn then the u.s.ma went in with na allies post 9/11.t it was seen very much as a legitimate effort to root out al qaeda from the mountains of afghan...

Looked at us in the end and said how can you support this government which is ripping us off right and left. >> fareed, we just heard what admiral mullen said. so many officials across multiple administrations underestimated what a corrupt government could do. when you look at history, how is it possible that the u.s. so badly underestimated what could go wrong here? >> this is a very familiar historical pattern. unfortunately, it is eerily reminiscent of vietnam. we had the south vietnamese gov...

That country. you have seen so much effort and money and life given - that country. you have seen so much effort and money and life given it - effort and money and life given it to the cause of reshaping afghanistan. how would you feel about your country, your white house, dealing with the taliban if they are in power, do you think could make you think would you have to work with them? we could make you think would you have to work with them?— to work with them? we kind of have two, and part _...

Strength and leverage and bombs on foreheads, mike, thats what they understand. i can tell you from personal experience and this just kind of -- i dont know what other word for it except for fecklessness and weakness that they sense in washington and they are going to continue to take advantage and so would jihadi allies. mike: decades after the korean conflict the united states has troops stationed in south korea, isnt there a strategic argument to be made for keeping american forces in iraq an...

As afghans flee. >> [speaking in native tongue] >> it was just two days ago that the pentagon press secretary said this: >> kabul is not, right now, in an imminent threat environment. >> president biden remains at camp david. earlier on "fox news sunday" former secretary of state mike pompeo calling out biden administration. >> it looks like biden administration has just failed in its execution of its own plan. it looks like theyre now trying to get folks out. this reminds me of previous adminis...

Taliban is not inevitable. >> i wish he was right. the taliban controls currently 60 to 70% of the country and afghanistans capitol, the could be in a matter of weeks. fox news senior retired general checking. did you predict the speed of this fall? >> its going faster than i thought it would. i thought it was likely to faster men many administrations but whats really happening, president biden has made serious miscalculations and particularly not considering the consequences of what an ill-conc...

President bidens foreign policy. he needs to take ownership of it and take other steps to make sure this doesnt happen again. hes not going to clone house. he was either widely misled by his own intelligence or he was misleading the american people deliberately. >> julian, what will the history books say? is it biden to blame? is there shared blame for the prior administration for negotiating with the taliban? how will it go? >> shared blame. this is a war that has taken place across many admini...

>> so a lot of questions here already on capitol hill, as we head into the week. no doubt were going to hear more from lawmakers, asking just how this situation could have devolved so quickly and the foreign policy apparatus. i would also add, morgan, usually we have issues where they can fall in to meet lines. what is clear leer you can talking to sources, this is not one of those moments where the parties will fall into neat boxes of defense and attack. instead, there is an acknowledgement tha...