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Why were you reluctant? because i knew that i wasnt going to be a psychologist any more. i had no illusions about that. im not going to practice mental health. and i had invested a lot of my time and education into developing those skills, which were useful for what i did do, but i knew i wasnt going to use them again. and one of the senior people, along withjose rodriguez, who was the chief of the counter—terrorism centre at the time, leaned over to me and said, "if youre not willing to help ...

K. >> it is possible. trey: to be sure, it looks like president past and present were willing to deal with the taliban. >> yes, president trump made the deal and secretary of state pompeo was the first american secretary of state to meet with the taliban and conclude a piece and i dont think anybody has any illusions about the taliban their vicious, love thirsty group they presided and gave safe haven to al-qaeda when they attack the homeland on 9/11 but sometimes you want to put them to the tes...

Orchestra without any human intervention other than my work at the beginning. the result, a four—minute extract dubbed symphony 10.1, performed by guillaumes orchestra. all this intended to honour the legendary german composer. translation: its not blasphemous at all. i we have to see it as a tool, as an aid. nobody replaces the human. there are many people who are afraid that we will replace the artist, that divine inspiration will disappear, but i really dont think so. no one is under any il...

The result, a four minute extract dubbed symphony 10.1, performed by guillaumes orchestra. all this intended to honour the legendary german composer. translation: its not blasphemous at all. i we have to see it as a tool, as an aid. nobody replaces the human. there are many people who are afraid that we will replace the artist, that divine inspiration will disappear, but i really dont think so. no one is under any illusions. this is simply an interesting exercise. an insight into what might have...

But some of the fundamentals are the same. and it is easy to forget that we didnt really go into afghanistan in 2001 to create a switzerland in central asia. we did it for our own security reasons. and then we got dragged into an idea that we could completely reform afghan society. 0n the security side, we have had 20 years of at least suppressing terror attacks coming from afghanistan and in the meantime, of course, we had the whole generation of nearly half the whole generation of nearly half ...

We both know what happens when we stay. lets stop the illusions. the taliban know it is a straight, big fat "l" against the united states military. why isnt the discussion as soon as i get my people out and the allies im gone. that is what you want. let it happen. help me make it happen. why isnt that the deal? >> too much risk. i dont think the deal makes any difference as i said. i think people are placing too little emphasis on the cia directors meeting. he goes out from that meeting and shor...

Security forces. i dont think there are any illusions nor should there be any illusions that the taliban is a partner. i think right now what you have is a circumstance where the taliban -- look, they have been an insurgency and ideological movement. they dont know how to govern afghanistan. they dont even know how to provide security in the situation of kabul. this is not a city they have been governing for a very long time. they have a lot to work out. theyre in discussions right now with form...

You know it. we both know what happens when we stay. lets stop the illusions. what it will take for us to take you out. the taliban know it is a straight, big, fat "l" against the united states military. why isnt the discussion as soon as i get my people out and the allies, im gone. that is what you want. let it happen. help me make it happen. why isnt that the deal? >> too much risk. i dont think the deal makes any difference, as i said. i think people are placing too little emphasis on the cia...

Lebanons energy crisis will arrive "in the coming days". they dismissed promises of aid to lebanon made by the us ambassador as illusions. petrol shortages are paralysing much of the countrys economy and threaten essential services. as the north east coast of the united states braced for the arrival of hurricane henri, flash floods tore through the southern state of tennessee. the death toll has climbed to more than 20 with rescue workers searching for dozens who are still missing. tanya dendrin...

Stage? i mean, theyre going door-to-door, going after the families of these translators. dont they already know who they are? >> so, first, the president has been very clear about his views of the taliban. youve asked him repeatedly, do you trust these guys? and he has told you repeatedly, no, i do not. of course he does not. of course none of us do. because weve seen the horrific images from the last time they were in power, because weve seen the way theyve conducted this war. because weve seen...