way in which the exit strategy was implemented, there really was no plan as far as they were concerned. that illustrates a second problem. although i have plenty of scorn to heap on, the other side is the afghan leaders, both political and military, were equally responsible for this because they failed to take advantage of the opportunity to get corruption under control and to focus on making a strong security force, notjust on using it to make money and get power for various warlords and various other people. to your second point, i very strongly agree because i have been arguing since 2017 that we should announce our withdrawal and continue with another 18 to 2a months of support at that same level, give everybody a chance to get their mind wrapped around this, to understand they will be responsible, to coordinate everything so it is done in a very professional and logical manner. unfortunately that did not happen. we had a chance, when the
we have the time. so they have worked this through planning and exit strategy for us, how they would reenter, they have worked with china to get political and economic support and the plan that president trump and secretary pompeo had was the right way to do this. so to see 20 years of gains go away, i am just heartbroken for the afghany people. the gold star families, we are hearing from some of them. we know that the sacrifice there has given us a period where we were not hearing about isis attacks and beheadings every night. the steps that secretary pompeo and president trump made were able to send that message if you cross us, there s a price to
provinces fell, seven minutes ago there were more than two and now only one is left to fall to the hands of the taliban, and i worry about all of those hundreds of thousands of individuals who worked with the afghan government, who worked hand in hand with us who might at this point be facing a dire, if at all future. right now we want to play a portion of what secretary of state antony blinken said this morning on cnn regarding the u.s. exit strategy. take a listen. like it or not, there was agreement that forces come out on may 1st. had we not begun that process, we would have been back at war with the taliban with. finish. i m talking about whether or not this exit was done properly, taking out all the service members before those americans and those afghan translators could get out. that s what i m talking about. and then you have to send people back in. i think it shows that we were prepared, the president was prepared for every con tin
we can t keep doing this, it has been about 7 months, this is the worst of all. the real topper, people we trusted and worked with there will be killed, they will be tortured and hurt, women will be raped, people will be beheaded, this is was not an exit strategy that made any since, no way had it have been conditional, in no way should it have been done. the president promised us that it would not happen like this, it would not be like vietnam, promised there would not be people trying to taken away off of the top of our embassy and just his words a short period time ago not one word made sense. none of it was right. we can t keep doing this. we have to get we have to be america that we ve known and love. this is not that america. trey: morgan, there were republicans that also wanted to
and members active-duty , family and friends and friends that have died in the middle east over the last 20 years. and then resoundingly. and with the last 72 hours at the exit strategy and the administration and that is not a planned exit strategy based on conditions before in the last segment. it is heartbreaking and said we were there for 20 years to spend $1 trillion. it is unfathomable that is happening right now. jon: the speaker of the house where you work nancy pelosi put out a tweet to say that the president is to be commended for the clarity of