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That they were in, it looked like a turkey shoot. basically, its funneled into, like, a single-file type entry point. >> reporter: all of in this, of course, brings back some pretty painful memories for many other families who have lost service members including this father whose son was killed merely a decade ago. >> now, for us, were coming on the tenth anniversary of chris death. andfact that they -- and the fat that they gave, you know, their all for what they believed in and in representing...

So, dan, what have you learned here through this afghan episode about president biden, the way he makes decisions, think abouts about -- thinks about foreign policy? >> well, i think what weve learned, paul, is that, unfortunately, the presidents judgment and leadership skills are manifestly impaired. there have been a series of mistakes here that have led to this debacle in kabul, and the president could not be deterred from them. but lets consider the biden presidency is up to this point, this...

These loved ones, it tears your heart open to realize other families are going through what you went through, coming up on the tenth anniversary of chriss death. the fact they gave their all for what they believed in representing the united states, to see this debacle, i have a lot of questions, how can we get to this point after 20 years of being there i dont even have words hardly. >> the president and the generals are calling the taliban our afghan partners, the people who killed your son. ho...

>> jon: what do you think about those thoughts? >> i agree with him. i think that it is going to be inevitable. now, i would say this time if we have to go back in, we do with a very specified mission, and we dont allow it to get [inaudible] the defense contractor, politics to start this roll that created the debacle in afghanistan. i think you have to go in with specified missions, though. they need to be narrow, specific, and to the point. >> jon: dave sears former seal team six member and two...

Afghan army. >> do you think congressman has the responsibility to investigate the handling of this withdrawal? do you want to see hearings once this evacuation is complete? if you do, what kind of hearings and to address what questions? >> for me, the biggest issue is what happened with our intelligence. why were we not aware of the potential for this precipitous takeover by the taliban? i think everyone expected it would take months or longer, even potentially have some sort of coalition gover...

Like a single file type entry point. >> all of this brings back painful memories for many other families who have lost servicemembers, including this gold star father, whose son was killed nearly a decade ago. >> now for us, were coming on the tenth anniversary of chriss death, and the fact that they gave, you know, their all for what they believed in and in representing the united states there and then to see this debacle, you know, i just have a lot of questions, like everyone else, im sure. y...

Troops to enable afghans to bear the brunt to have fight against enemies of all humanity, what do we have the will to do, paulsome so i think that just -- paul? just like after the unenforced red line in syria in 2013-2014, i think you can i draw a direct hine from that to russias annexation of cry that me -- cry me. >> and invasion of ukraine. i think were in for crises similar the that because our adversaries are concluding that we dont have the resolve. paul: yeah. i agree with you about that...

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Protected our homeland for 20 years. the president, those discussions many weeks ago when he was able to visit washington, d.c., he did express a deep concern about our withdrawal. he and his advisors also told our leadership group that these violent extremist organizations still exist across the country of afghanistan. so, we have known this. our intelligence agency has known this. at president biden insisted on removing the troops before we have safely evacuated americans. in the wonderful afg...

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