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August 31, 2021
Military sales to the afghan national army and the afghan security forces. unfortunately on many of the bases throughout afghanistan, those weapons were locked up for the use by the afghan military. so did we leave them for the taliban? no, we did not. we either sold or gave them to our afghan partners throughout the last couple years. im very concerned not so much about the aircraft because the taliban wont be flying those aircraft that you saw in that propaganda video theyve already posted. as...
August 31, 2021
Sort through the folks at these various bases not just at u.s. air bases. this are many that will be transported to other countries, other countries welcomed them in to sort through and make sure they have all the right paperwork to go on ward to their final destination. a lot of these are folks that were helping us because of great tremendous risk to themselves and their family and theyre high skilled. i know there is a number of businesses and organizations that are looking to try to get them ...
August 31, 2021
Crowded conditions at the air base in germany. well show you pictures. there is 14,000 refugees waiting for the next flight. these are u.s. air bases. this happens to be in germany. pretty incredible. comes as president biden praises collision efforts because the evacuation was 123,000 civilians that are now scattered at these types of bases that came out of afghanistan. >> we completed one of the biggest airlifts in history with more than 120,000 people evacuated to safety. that number is more ...
August 31, 2021
>> don, i would only state that might be the wrong term to use. the military didnt leave weapons behind. there were sales to the afghan security forces, and unfortunately through many of the bases throughout afghanistan, those weapons were locked up for use by the afghan military. did we leave them for the taliban? no, we did not, we sold or gave them to our afghan partners over the years. im concerned not so much about the aircraft, because the taliban wont be flying those aircraft that you saw...
August 31, 2021
Picture of the structure of these agreements with these countries, what are we paying or providing them and how do we deal with local resentment. this was also applied to people around american bases that may feel concerned about the threat of covid or terrorist threats. how are we dealing with? >> were relying on you to relay what our protocols are and vetting pro calls and working with governors and leaders in the region. every country has different agreements. this is not a quid pro quo situa...
August 31, 2021
Heart goes out to them both. what they said should strike fear in the heart of every american, what they said at bases is they talked about president biden checking his watch. with that said to me is what i was picking up from a communication standpoint as a former press secretary this week is that our commander-in-chief is not compassionate as hes been known, he is cruel. he is callous, hes not caring hes callous at base, thats what this man is great i watched his abc interview and he said when...
August 31, 2021
Again, there is a big difference between 50 and 125ish. right? so is the united states going to be ready to do this? are these bases going to be ready to do this? this is not a small undertaking. >> it is not a small undertaking and right now the bases arent equipped for this. theyre not equipped. thats not a criticism on the individual at the base, its that the leaders that were working on this didnt prepare them. they didnt think through many of these issues. they had to slip out of afghanista...
August 31, 2021
0 you dont have to take care of all of kabul to get a bigger perimeter. that should have been another option. thanks, general. we know youll be part of the continuing coverage as we move forward. the president said it was time to end this war. that is the story. stay tuned for continuing coverage here on fox of the end of the war in afghanistan. >> neil: all right. martha just said it. i was not going to extend this forever war. the president of the united states explaining why after 20 years we...
August 30, 2021
Humanitarian undertaking. one of the most tiff in our nations history. and extraordinary feat of logistics and coordination under some of the most challenging circumstances imaginable. many, many people made this possible. i want to commend our outstanding diplomats who worked around the clock and around the world to coordinate the operation. they volunteered for duty at the kabul airport. they flew to transit countries to help process thousands of afghans bound for the united states. they deplo...
August 30, 2021
Including 5,400 americans, have been evacuated from afghanistan. u.s. military troops have shown tremendous bravery and compassion as they put themselves in harms way to evacuate as many american citizens and afghans as possible during this operation. that work by u.s. servicemembers continues across the globe at a number of intermediate staging bases in dod installations centcom, more than 27,000 passengers await follow-on movement. in ucom 22,000 passengers and today 17 flights will transport ...