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Loving and warm close embrace, where they were reconstituted and built, and you know, send it back into afghanistan to do exactly what they are doing now, and by the way, there is too is an invasion. it was planned. it is not just an intelligence failure. they take it advantage of how these things are done, because this kind of speed and scale, there are so many parts of staging and preparation that are not just visible from satellite photos. they are not just picked up in intelligence intercept...

Miscalculation. so what does that mean? is it an intelligence failure or something else? and why didnt they get americans out earlier given kabul was surrounded by the taliban? >> well, first and foremost i think this is political miscalculation. and again that has to be laid at the door of the president. were hearing now more and more there are reports that the american generals, that biden was told by his military advisers not to pull out the american forces at such a short notice. he ignored ...

We have no intelligence on the ground. we cant help them with air support. i think the afghan army got caught flat-footed because theyre used to our air cover coming in and bombing the taliban. the taliban knew that so they stayed behind in their caves. they didnt come out. because they knew and it was telegraphed we were going to leave on september the 11th, by the way, which is very ironic, because it was telegraphed that way, they knew this is their fighting time, by the way, as well. and the...

U.s. military failure, but also a u.s. intelligence failure. back in june, there were reports of an intelligence assessment that the afghan government could collapse six months after a u.s. withdrawal. a withdrawal that wasnt supposed to happen for another couple of weeks, by the way. then on wednesday, that was revised down. u.s. intelligence warning it could be 30 days until the taliban isolated kabul. 90 days until they took it over. which brings us to today. afghanistans president ghani has ...

Accomplished. and later they said, well, we couldnt do anything about it. president trump committed to us a dead line that he had already extended. and i think chuck todd also played for secretary blinken, i think criticism very justified from president obamas own ambassador who said, we handed the country over to the taliban. and i was very surprised how strongly he said it. he questioned president biden, the commander in chief. >> what about the lingering behind? this was earlier today. >> thi...

Before, the afghan citizens who we owe the lifeline to are now many of them in hiding or stuck over in afghanistan and there was no plan in place to get them out before. and i think it goes to the fact that the biden administration had no idea that afghanistan would fall to the taliban at this rapid rate and that is on them. that is an intelligence failure, that is a total administration failure and its costing people their lives. jillian: i keep going back to its devastating, its sad, all the i...

Policies and busy playing politics. it is trumps for he negotiated a bad bill my hands were tied. where they? they were tied for the iran policy were border policy or energy policy that he set about reversing the many he was inaugurated by just this one afghanistan. impossible to reverse. nothing i could do. sorry. now they try to blame the intelligence agencies throwing them under the bus. congresswoman jackie spear this morning. >> a crisis of untold proportions and intelligence failure. we un...

That the embassy has been evacuated. jillian: some of the images coming from the airport in kabul are stunning and devastating. brian, thank you. the white house is under fire for going silent amid this historic collapse. caroline shibley continues our team coverage from washington. >> reporter: good morning, jillian and carley. reaction is pouring in from all sides in washington as the situation changes on the ground in afghanistan and members of congress seem stunned by the swift fall of kabul...

Escape, it seems shocking that president biden could have been so wrong. >> you had a really massive intelligence failure here that the u.s. did not realize how quickly the taliban could take over. >> i mean, joe, this is not our typical conversation where were talking about taking sides. it seems like everyone is in agreement, that this was completely mishandled. >> sure, and we saw general jack keane of this network over the weekend making a great point, other military analysts on tv as well i...

Dont want to destroy the city and assault the human rights of individuals in kabul. but i cant really believe that given the reporting weve heard from other places. you know, essentially the afghan people are surrendering. and this, of course, started with the afghan government because the military would not have surrendered if it werent for the fact that they were not properly provisioned, you know, meaning having materiel, food and ammunition, and of course the political support, the will of t...