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Phones. what does that tell you? since the 90s, we have made no progress. no progress in created an alternative to the taliban. its mind-boggling. obama lets their leader out so now hes in charge. what we witnessed with the controlled surrender to 70,000 people, we killed more than 70,000 people with isis. >> and they have more than cell phones, they have humvees, they have drones, they have blackhawks, they have night vision goggles. they have billions in u.s. military. i have on my phone the l...

Phones. what does that tell you? since the 90s, we have made no progress. no progress in created an alternative to the taliban. its mind-boggling. obama lets their leader out so now hes in charge. what we witnessed with the controlled surrender to 70,000 people, we killed more than 70,000 people with isis. >> and they have more than cell phones, they have humvees, they have drones, they have blackhawks, they have night vision goggles. they have billions in u.s. military. i have on my phone the l...

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And an author of several books. his most recent work the world, a brief introduction. now available in a recently updated version of the paperback. richard, as weve laid out, youve studied the, world you travel the world, you brief presidents on it. what would you have counseled this president in your view, to have done differently? >> by the time joe biden became president, i think he actually inherited a situation, brian where he couldve lived with. we had 2500 american troops, about four time...

His most recent book, the world, a brief introduction. now in an updated version of the paperback. as we laid out, you studied the world. you traveled the world. you have briefed presidents on it. what would you have counseled this president in your view to have done differently? >> by the time joe biden became president, i think he inherited a situation, brian, which he could have lived with. we had 2500 american troops. about four times that many allied troops. we had not been involved in comb...

Ducked its head. because this is a tremendous triumph for pakistans intelligence services. this means they can rely on driving the indian ins fluns out of afghanistan and rely on afghanistan as a secure area. theres a strategic play here. as we went forward from 2014 on, we didnt have the same level of combat operations. and then once president trump started peace talk without involving the afghan government, that was the end. that meant they werent really our allies. and from that moment on, me...

The republicans have failed you and the democrats have failed you. the last president failed you on afghanistan, and this one is failing you on afghanistan because the last one cut a terrible deal when the secretary of state stood with the now president of afghanistan under the taliban and released 5,000 taliban prisoners. president biden had an opportunity to right that wrong. president biden should understand that the chaos you are seeing now is just the beginning of what afghanistan is going ...

Inaudible. after relative stability afghanistan was not perfect but a pretty good investment for relatively little cost, the us had not been engaged in combat operations since 2015 and it had not been front—page news in years so theres been a push, biden has wanted to fulfil his campaign promise to pull out, its not like this has been a big rallying cry, its not like this is necessarily going to cost the democrats the 2022 mid—term elections. maria, the peace process that was conducted over ...

Some of the fiercest fighting was here in helmand. the effort ends with a frantic scramble to get out. the situation in afghanistan continues to be extremely difficult, getting more difficult, i would say. and our priority is to make sure that we deliver on our obligations to uk nationals in afghanistan, to all those who have helped the british effort in afghanistan over 20 years, and to get them out as fast as we can. uk troops first went to afghanistan in october 2001 after the 9/11 attacks, j...

Uk troops first went to afghanistan in october 2001 after the 9/11 attacks, joining us—led action against al-qaeda and the taliban. by the time combat operations ended in 2014, a54 uk soldiers and military personnel had died. successive prime ministers stressed their commitment to the country and protecting the progress made. today, cross—party fear that progress could vanish. the real danger is that were going to see every female mp murdered. were going to see ministers strung up on street ...