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Watching it very, very closely, major matt zeller. hes a u.s. army veteran, a co-founder of the group no one left behind which advocates for bringing the afghan interpreters safely to the u.s.ma. major zeller, good to see you. thank you for coming back on the show. >> thanks for having me. >> let me just ask you to update me.fo let me ask you if i missed anything, if ive summarized what we know as of today as you understand it.r e ng >> you hit all the points very, very well. i would only add th...

This is a very hasty and irresponsible process. they said these interpreters cant be physically in the u.s. of course legally thats not true. they can be here on parole. lets notice a trend here. they let the southern border be completely open. buy people plane tickets with no i.d.s wherever they want in the u.s. economic migrants, not asylum seekers yet they close off our borders to cuban refugees fleeing a marxist dictator and close us off to afghan interpreters serving our country for two dec...

From the white house that we have been waiting for for sometime. it answers a lot of questions, it raises a lot of questions to. president biden has promised to pull all u.s. troops out of afghanistan by last month. almost all of them are gone already. you are also probably aware that there is the further issue be on u.s. troops of u.s. allies in afghanistan. thousands of afghan citizens who worked as translators and interpreters for u.s. forces during the war. translators and interpreters were ...

>> all options are being considered, bob. so they may be headed to another country. they may be headed to military installations in the continental united states. some combination of the two. the question of u.s. territories like for example guam still out there. in addition to the question of where theyre going, theres the question of how theyll get there. the only flights out of afghanistan right now are out of the capital city of kabul, but afghanistan is a big country and internal travel is ...

U.s. will people who were only able to start applying this week and in the coming days be part of this operation? like i said theres a lot of questions still to be answered. and in terms of saving lives and doing what is our moral responsibility here, all of the devils are in all of the details. joining us now is somebody whos been working on this issue and watching it very, very closely. major nat zoeller. hes a u.s. army veteran, a co-founder of the group no one left behind which advocates for...

Among the american people. so i think the decision was politically the only one they could make. but we need to be ruthlessly objective in understanding the consequences. u.s. combat forces are already out. u.s. air power, intelligence, special operations, are no longer engaged. were not going to be able to send money to a corrupt central regime in afghanistan in the coming year. there will be no americans to monitor, it will be going right in somebodys pocket. it looks like the taliban, theyre ...

States some combination of the two that you questioned fewest her stories for instance guam. still out there >> and addition to the question of where theyre going is how the bill will get there? the only flights out of afghanistan are out of the capital city of kabul, but afghanistan is a big country and internal travel is not that easy. this is interesting, today the association of wartime allies which has worked very hard on this issue to get the translators out, they put out a report that say...

>> this is a mistake to withdraw? >> i think it is. i think about all the interpreters and people that helped not only u.s. troops but nato troops and they are just -- it seems like they will be left behind to be slaughtered by these very brutal people. >> bill: what do you think of that, sir? >> of course he is right. thats exactly what will happen. you are already seeing signs of the taliban gaining strength. our military operations have decreased widely over the last few months knowing the wi...

Also a very busy day at the white house today. today we got a big announcement from the white house that we have been waiting for for some time. it answers a lot of questions. it raises a lot of questions too. president biden as you know has promised to pull all u.s. troops out of afghanistan by next month. almost all of them are gone already.frll youre also probably aware that there is the further issue beyond u.s. troops of u.s. allies in afghanistan. thousands of afghan citizens who worked as...

I think about all the interpreters and people that helped not only u.s. but nato troops. and theyre just -- it seems like theyll be left behind to be slaughtered by these very brutal people. and it breaks my heart. >> general, his sentiment aside, im entitled to one point before i ask the question. he did not make comment during theak trump years, but do you agree with hisyo sentiment? >> i have no argument with the biden administration decision to withdraw all forces from afghanistan. theres ze...