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Or engage in nation building or be successful with that. we have seen both sides of washington talk about the capability of the u.s. military, and they always imagine a perfect scenario that has no human error, and of course foresight rather than 2020 will be -- and business wouldnt be bankrupt, as long as we head perfects agents at every juncture. and where there was no human error. that is not how you approach risk. and so i think that that expands for the past 20 years -- that this evacuation...

Next day for strategic reasons, mutual interests, convergence, such as for example trying to force western troops out of afghanistan. and you also have to remember that isis-k are made up of individuals from both pakistan and afghanistan. they are ethnic, tribal clan lineages with the taliban. so it is a much more murkier nexus than perhaps looking at it from a black and white perspective. >> yeah, thats fascinating. i guess when it comes to this attack, tactically it achieves exactly what isis ...

Members are believed to have been broken out of these prisons that have also bolstered the -- the group. now, you know, it has been as we mentioned a major threat over the past few years. and we have seen them carrying out devastating attacks in afghanistan in recent years and recent months. they have had the ability, michael, to choose their targets. the capability to carry out devastating attacks on all kinds of governments ftargets, govern military targets, minority groups, and civilians and ...

Bounties on their heads. are we going to try to bring those known terrorists to justice before we leave the country? >> peter, i think our focus right now is on doing everything we can to get the remaining american citizens that want to depart out of the country, to get our african partners out of the country. >> so the white house remains confident that they can establish and over-the-horizon capability to take these terrorists out if they remain in afghanistan without americans on the ground. ...

Did say today they believe they have some good indication of where some of the leaders of ice isis-k. it remains far from certain how this ends up. >> biden is asking for plans to strike isis-k, but were in the middle of a withdrawal now. if he decides to attack, how would something like that happen as we move out our military assets? >> reporter: so, first, in terms of the equipment that might be used, there are aircraft flying above fighter aircraft as well as above kabul airport. there are ap...

The kabul airport just yesterday. we knew it was coming. then from prime minister bennett, we knew it was his first meeting. he said this, israels nuclear pursuit, their capability is the most important thing that well talk about today, mr. president. your thoughts? >> it is, harris, because it is a threat to the state of israel. right? you have their greatest enemy, the islamic republic of iran, which threatens almost on a daily basis to annihilate the state of israel. so thats going to be a bi...

Security, et cetera for them at each of those locations. prior to arriving at our task force locations, were not directly involved with the paperwork process. i dont know the role in centcom of their forces. i defer you to general mckenzie. >> general, megan myers from military times. i want to ask why these particular bases were chosen for sivs? is it for space reasons, hard and soft buildings and/or what was it proximity to afghan communities? >> it wasnt necessarily for the specific location....

At georgetown university. thanks for both of you for joining us this morning. mark, if i could begin with you. youve been sounding the alarm about the risk of the u.s. relying on the taliban for security and safe passage for some time. did we see that bear out yesterday? >> well, i think the issue is were really not coordinating with the taliban. this is hostage negotiations. the fact remains that we are held hostage by the taliban for the release of american citizens. so, i wouldnt trust the ta...

There. >> well, i think, don, first of all, isis-k is not a conventional military force. and, so, theyre going to strike us where they can regardless. and i think the administration is going to act to degrade their capability whenever it can. however, there is only five days left in this operation. it sounds as if it is going to take a while to both devise those operational plans the president said and when he said at a time and place of our choosing, i think that was an indication it is not lik...

Building, efforts to combat the taliban. what i am very much in support of and always have been is a counterterrorism posture. its important to differentiate between the two. counterinsurgency is a nation building exercise. counterterrorism is about neutralizing those with the capability to strike the u.s. homeland. the united states retains the prerogative everywhere in the world. were ensuring that we do not have strikes on american citizens. and we need to sustain that in central asia as well...