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Do you think every effort should be made to leave a diplomatic core in afghanistan? >> yeah, i think we have to continue to engage. not just completely desert afghanistan. were thinking about the military option, after 20 years, a trillions of dollars being spent, that will not give us any kind of outcome that will be different for the relationship between the two countries. they have to stand and fight for themselves, and now the taliban is in. they made certain commitments. we dont trust them....

This kind of attack which they knew was a real possibility has been a big part of why hes committed to limit this operation and get out as soon as possible. i am also struck by his simultaneous and now-repeated commitment that we wont leave anyone behind. i mean, all of those things are -- are coming together into what feels like a very difficult decision tree about to do, hour by hour and day by day. what -- what do you hope to happen here? balancing those risks and the -- and the commitments t...

>> dana: last question would be about our allies because it is not just americans that they would like to attack, weve seen this in europe over the last several years as well. australia. nato allies. there are reports they remain extremely furious with the united states. does that matter? >> it matters an awful lot because what were focused on afghanistan today, dana make no mistakes they arent limited to afghanistan. theyre in yemen, southeast asia, africa, every one of those terrorists is watc...

Red line, in my opinion. president trump was very clear about that. he took sulemans head off to prove it. they are breaking their commitments if they relates to this. im not going to get into that. im telling you theyre breaking their commitments right now. if president biden will stand by what he just said, iran will never get a nuclear weapon, i have got some policies to talk to him about. >> harris: i wish you could get together with him. that would be fascinating. fascinating. joey, just gi...

5,000 prisoners from an afghan jail? why was that necessary? >> bill, it was part of the set of understandings. we didnt want those 5,000 people released but it was part of the commitments that were made. the taliban honored some of their commitments as a direct result of that. in the end it was a decision. the afghans released those prisoners and in their control. in the end president gani believed he could do so that was safe. a decision was made as a complex years long set of understanding th...

Its not tenhe end of our commitment. you couple that with what we heard from taliban about their commitment to safe passage, not only on our august 31st but also going. they have not attached any expiration date to the very public commitments they have made to safe passage. that is manager we will continue to press. put this in the category of for what its worth. the afghan boarderrdered will b open. thats another reiteration of the commitment we have seen.

Daniel, the quick retreat, the leaving on the 31st, everything leading up to it, what? >> yeah, i mean, im not any kind of neocon. im not a supporter of the iraq war. i know you have to pick your fights, be careful about maintaining open-ended commitments. but a horrible realization hit me last week, which was that when it came to the affecting of this withdrawal, the biden administration was listening to the taliban rather than to the closest allies. the british wanted a slight delay so we coul...

Conversation that were having right now as a country, matter s of fact. why we have done this. why we are 20 years in the making here. this is not a one-week problem. this is not a one-month problem. this is a 20-year problem for our country. >> im struck tonight by the explicitness of the recent warnings weve had from u.s. s. officials about an attack of exactly this kind. um, i am struck by the president saying the threat of exactly this kind of attack which they knew was a real possibility ha...

All of those things are coming together into whats feels like a very difficult decision tree about what to do hour by hour and day-by-day. what do you hope to happen here? balancing those risks and the commitments that weve made. >> there is no doubt that this is hard. and it is easy to sit here in the comfort of a living room, and to monday morning quarterback this. but my time as private crow, i think back to that time, as a paratrooper, and it is hot and it is dusty. they were screaming and b...

Be eligible, third country nationals, any american citizen remains in country, to leave the country even after the us presence and. that is our objective is to bar commitments does not change. obviously we need to figure out the operational mechanisms, which is the conversation which is under way. i conversation which is under way. i have a question about green card holders— have a question about green card holders in— have a question about green card holders in afghanistan, us green card ho...