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This, the afghans could not defeat the taliban, even with u.s. air support and even with considerably more troops when w have u.s. forces there, but the taliban can not also defeat the afghan government, and that imperfect stalemate that status quo, has enabled us to continue to protect the american people. why? because the taliban are not taking over the country in we can make certain that the al qaeda does not resurrect itself. we have the cia present in that u.s. forces in significant intelli...

There was a distinct possibility that kabul would fall to the taliban. it was not an inevitability. it was a possibility." "questions on whether or not this was an intelligence failure, they were contingency plans in place for any eventuality, including the quick fall of kabul. that is why they were positioned to deploy, as they have done." just a sample of what we have in front of us, circulating. >> trace: it is a mischaracterization because they say that they knew they had the ability to go i...

People unable to negotiate for the future of their country. i am president of the united states of america. and the buck stops with me. >> will: what a master class in double speak. thats grade a gas lighting as the kids say. always wrong but never in doubt. joe biden has been wrong on every foreign policy decision in his career. and he managed to contradict himself in a matter of minutes, which, if we are being honest means he is beginning to perfect his craft because it took a full month for t...

That fraud idea of american greatness also led to magical thinking in the current administration about how this would end. here was president biden again, just last monday. >> the taliban is not the north vietnamese army. theyre not remotely comparable in terms of capability. those could be no circumstance you see people lifted off the roof of a embassy of the united states from afghanistan. it is not at all comfortable. >> how wrong was he? [ gun shots ] as the sounds of gunfire echo through ka...

They had the will to fight. afghan security forces were deeply troubled organization, starting from the top. afghanistan, there is no question, was a government rife with corruption. that meant troops werent getting paid. troops werent getting food. they werent getting resupplied. they werent getting time off from being out in the field to go home and see their families. when the taliban attacked, they werent getting the air support, sometimes, and the other support that they needed. and without...

Thats a false choice is one recommended to him to put thousands of additional forces into fight the taliban. the recommendation to him was t maintain the 2500 forces that were there in our intelligence capability in airpower to continue to sustain that over time in continue to protect the american people from a resurgence of al qaeda. the afghan study group a report that came out last year a bipartisan study group, notable senators from both sides of the aisle to include michelle flournoy who is...

To. most afghans didnt believe in that. >> no, they didnt. thats become apparent in the last 48 hours. colonel jacobs, weve heard from our military leaders in the u.s. that afghan security forces were ready to take over. heres chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. >> the afghan security forces have the capacity to sufficiently fight and defend their country. and we will continue to support the afghan security forces where necessary. >> colonel jacobs, how did the u.s. military, the top people i...

Under way to get these people out of that country and to have several hours delay was extremely frustrating to them. right now theyre hoping to build up their capability so that in another day or two they should have the ability to get 5,000 people out every day on these military flights. they should begin, they should resume, again, very soon and the addition of these more and more military to the airport for additional security should also help the situation there. >> really quickly is it clea...

Intelligence, remember for months what has been happening. dod dod, about three months ago leaked to the media that they had offered to the white house the capability to do a big airlift in the white house said no thank you. in the intelligence committee kept leaking to the media or telling them, this is going to happen. and thats why they think that why they knew because the intelligence was telling them. not only that, they were tellin us. if the american people shouldn have to go manage the p...

Mission, you have the director of the cia and the chairman of the joint chiefs saying that the u.s. has lost intelligence capabilities on the ground. u.s. counter-terror missions will have to be run from outside of the country, hundreds of miles away. can the u.s. safely protect the homeland from groups like al qaeda from outside afghanistan now? >> this is going to be a focus of questioning in the national security briefings that members of congress will receive in a couple of weeks from the ad...