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But then of course it is about the loss, the sacrifice. all that we have done together with coalition partners and together with our afghan partners, shoulder to shoulder, shoulder by shawna as its said. >> do you think well have to go back? >> i dont flow if well have to go back or not. but there are plenty of people around washington who experienced both the withdrawal from iraq and the requirement to go back. so theres plenty of experience in this town when the time comes if we have to. >> in...

[speaking foreign language] as its said. >> you think were going to have to go back? >> i dont know if well have to go back or not, but there are plenty of people around washington who experience the withdrawal from iraq and requirement to go back there is plenty of experience in this town if we have to. >> in 2011, general john allen, the first marine to command a theater of war was tasked withdrawing down u.s. troop levels while transitioning afghans into the lead for all combat operations. >>...

Year. at one point we had well over 100,000 troops in afghanistan in a full-fledged war effort. combat operations were over. i would have recommended to president biden that we do keep in place a small foot print of people dedicated to the protection of our homeland security. you can accomplish a lot with a group that size and say that we have effectively left afghanistan. lets not forget that in almost every country of the world we have a presence of the u.s. marines guarding our embassies, for...

High above their heads as a us marine grabbed her arm and hoisted her over barbed wire and into the arms of a waiting colleague. they were part of what british forces described as a sea of humanity, people crushed against the walls of kabul airport, often with little regard for personal safety, their only thought to escape the returning taliban. when women and children are being crushed and, yes, dying in some cases in your arms, your agency to deal with the situation and change it is very diffe...

When women and children are being crushed and, yes, dying, in some cases, in your arms, your agency to deal with the situation and change it is very different than when youre on combat operations. there was emotions all the way through the operations. you cant see a young child, a baby, a woman crushed to death in front of you and then you having to deal with the aftermath of that, you cant see any of that without being emotional. thereve been tears? yeah, of course thereve been tears. and they ...

In your arms, your agency to deal with the situation and change it is very different than when youre on combat operations. there was emotions all the way through the operations. you cant see a young child, a baby, a woman crushed to death in front of you and then you having to deal with the aftermath of that, you cant see any of that without being emotional. thereve been tears? yeah, of course thereve been tears. and they did all this while their own lives were under threat. it culminated in a s...

Dying, in some cases, in yourarms, your agency to deal with the situation and change it is very different than when youre on combat operations. there was emotions all the way through the operations. you cant see a young child, a baby, a woman crushed to death in front of you and then you having to deal with the aftermath of that, you cant see any of that without being emotional. thereve been tears? yeah, of course thereve been tears. and they did all this while their own lives were under threat....

That has taken its toll. when you are dealing with a very large crowd that is fearful, in fear of its life, crushing, pressing against you, when women and children are being crushed and, yes, dying, in some cases, in your arms, your agency to deal with the situation and change it is very different than when you are on combat operations. there was emotions all the way through the operations. you cant see a young child, a baby, a woman crushed to death in front of you and then you having to deal w...

With the situation and change it is very different than when you are on combat operations. there was emotions all the way through the operations. you cant see a young child, a baby, a woman crushed to death in front of you and then you having to deal with the aftermath of that, you cant see any of that without being emotional. there have been tears? yeah, of course there have been tears. and they did all this while their own lives were under threat. it culminated in a suicide attack just over a ...

When you are on combat operations. there was emotions all the way through the operations. you cant see a young child, a baby, a woman crushed to death in front of you and then you having to deal with the aftermath of that, you cant see any of that without being emotional. there have been tears? yeah, of course there have been tears. and they did all this while their own lives were under threat. it culminated in a suicide attack just over a week ago. 13 of their us comrades were killed in the bla...