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Are going to be unbelievably bad. >> i must say that its a moral defeat for the united states. >> i think is the president is right. enough is enough. >> what was all of this for? that has to be the question veterans are asking. >> two decades. more than $2 trillion. more than 6,000 american lives. more than 100,000 afghan lives later. the bipartisan debacle that was the war in afghanistan ended much like it began. >> we made a lot of mistakes. >> now the real story of what went wrong. >> before...

People that worked with us in afghanistan, beheaded in front of their families, our ability to conduct the best intelligence in the world has been impacted. that is the ripple effect, and it is something that i again, never expected to see, and god help us, well never see, i do not -- we live in the greatest country with greatest people, there are people outside this country and inside this country trying to destroy it. well get past it, we have to survive next 3 years with a president andnd a n...

Equipment, support, training, as an institution, it collapsed in 11 days. >> though attacked us on september 11. now 20 years later we have the taliban back in charge there. and they have billions and billions of dollars worth of our equipment and our weaponry and once again theyre a haven for terrorists. how is this not a debacle of monumental proportions? >> the al qaeda, the group that attacked us on 9/11 long ago was brought to where it is not capable in conducting an externally direct add t...

Differently? absolutely in his opening remarks, and he was referring especially to the evacuation that it could have happened more quickly. they couldve started moving on it and it better prepared way, and thats where many of the questions from the democrats come. but at the same time the artisan come. but at the same time line: partisan frameworks come. but at the same time the partisan frameworks were laid out very clearly in the opening remarks. again, the democratic chairman talked a lot abo...

Thousands of sir. vimplets or special immigrant visa people who should have been evacuated to a secure location and they say the white house needs to tell not ask the tall ban and whatever wants to do leave can do so at americas invitation. the biden administration wants nothing more than to watch itself of the debacle in afghanistan and it has a political incentive to play down or obfuscate the number of trapped afghans eligible to come to america. the world shouldnt forget that thousands of wo...

John ratcliffe on the safety of our country the next three plus years. listen. >> i wrote an article as the director of national intelligence, saying that china was our number one national security threat. i did that as i was walking out the door based on the fact that im the person that saw more intelligence than anyone else in the country over the past year. if i had to write that op-ed today i would tell you that i think our greatest national security threat at least in the short term is joe ...

Republicans are going to do that. the democrats might call it a circus. others might call it accountability. >> thats not going to work. look, this is -- everybody recognizes this is a debacle. i think only the latest poll shows only 28% of americans approve of bidens handling. theyll have to answer for the last 30 days. the disaster they unleashed and explain to the american people how they keep us safe without boots on the ground. biden keeps talking about the over the horizon capability. we d...

Internet in afghanistan. this is the charm offensive. what were watching right now is them on their technical best behavior. i want to quickly get to this. "wall street journal" op-ed is calling out the biden administration for not doing enough to free those in afghanistan. they dont like to use words trapped and stranded. we know the truth. the biden administration wants nothing more than to wash its hands of the debacle in afghanistan and it has a political incentive to play down the number of...

The united states. >> i think the president is right. enough is enough. >> what was all of this for? >> that has to be the question veterans are asking. >> two decades, more than $2 trillion, more than 6,000 american lives, more than 100,000 afghan lives later, the bipartisan debacle that was the war in afghanistan ended much like it began. >> we made a lot of mistakes. >> now, the real story what went wrong. >> before i go to my grave, ill get that question answered. >> the mission. do you thin...

Hundreds of billions of dollars, equipment, support, training, as an constiinstitution, it collap 11 days. >> we went into afghanistan in the first place because the taliban had harbored al qaeda, correct? t they attacked us on september 11. now 20 years later we have the taliban back in charge and they have billions of dollars worth of our equipment and our weaponary and once again they are a haven for terrorists. how is this not a debacle of monumental proportions? >> congressman, as we were d...