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Afghanistan and he says to himself we tried this in 2001, 2002, it didnt work, and i dont think you can divorce the personal element of this which is the fact, jake, as he will say, he is the first president to have had a son in a combat role since jimmy carter and before that president eisenhower. he took that seriously. he had a lot of contacts with people in the united states who had september their sons and daughters off to fight and this looms large in his mind and in his end when he had th...

Approach to afghanistan the wrong one, the approach of training the afghan forces the wrong one, was it a us model? what did the nato forces and the allied forces get so wrong with the country for it to collapse so quickly?— with the country for it to collapse so tuickl ? ,, ., so quickly? the assessment that even with the announcement _ so quickly? the assessment that even with the announcement of— so quickly? the assessment that even with the announcement of the - with the announcement of ...

Rapid fall of the government in kabul. if you wanted to make certain you had a safe recovery of the american allies and the american staff itself, then you would have held on to bagram as long as possible. thats the thing the taliban feared from the united states most. our combat role ended over a year and a half ago. the last combat death was a year and a half ago. what we had that was the big power that we held over the taliban was the control of the air and the ability to rain down hell from ...

Lets get out of berea. you think asia would look like it does today. what wouldve happened if we wouldve withdrawn from those areas in the same thing here. the combat role was ended, the last american casualty was february of 2020. we had a small group of people, but they were powerful, they provided intelligence gathering leadership, and most important, they had airpower. the one thing that was keeping the tallow band in check was th realization that if they ever presented themselves to america...

Interest. >> mr. secretary, blinken seems to be saying this was the least of all bad options, what were watching right now. >> well, youre right in the fact that there were no good options. but lets go back to 2014, jim. i was secretary of defense at the time. thats when president obama said americas combat role, our mission is over. we pulled out tens of thousands of troops. we closed hundreds of bases, and president obama said, every president has said before and after obama, were not going to...

By centcom to the taliban not to attack u.s. forces or there would be a strong response that could come in the form of airstrikes or even some sort of ground response. the purpose of the mission right now for those u.s. troops is not a combat role. it is to simply evacuate american personnel and allies. but if combat is necessary, american generals are making clear they are prepared to fight and protect those troops that are on the ground assisting with the evacuation. arthel? arthel: okay. trey...

Command. but as for the 3,000 troops to go into assist with the withdraw, it will very possible that they stay longer than the end of the month, so not clear on their time line for withdrawal. and because of the situation there are more troops in the region ready to stand by. first 1,000 in qatar that will help with the processing of visas for the afghan interpreters and their families trying to get out of the country and if the situation t deteriorates much further, more could be brought in if ...

And for our relationship with afghanistan to change to a different kind of bilateral relationship. we are in the midst of a drawdown. well still be there in support. the presidents budget for next year pledged $3.3 billion for afghan security forces. were still going to be able to supply aircraft for their air force. its not like were walking away from this, but our presence on the ground in terms of a combat role has ended. well look for other ways to continue to support our afghan partners in ...

Feels very strongly and has said so publicly that none of this is recent to commit u.s. forces again. that would be the challenge. if you are going to really do it, would you have to put forces in significant numbers back on the ground in a combat role? and in fact, the air strikes the u.s. has been doing to support afghan forces are likely to end at the end of august when all u.s. troops are withdrawn, so were talking now days that the afghan forces are days away from being really on their own....

Around. they waited for that void in security after u.s. forces left. they waited for anti-iraqi government sentiment to rise. the concern is that they could be playing those very same cards right now, which is another reason why its critical for u.s. forces to remain. because, yes, iraq does not necessarily need them in this combat role right now, but the iraqi security forces most definitely do need more training. and as the iraqi prime minister himself said, jake, they need the various differ...