they now have the database, they even handed over a list of people we wanted to get through to the airport, that those people will be left behind, when promises were made, not necessarily we would take them, but we would get them the hell out of there. pretty much a death sentence for all of them. the taliban has already been going door to door, we have reports of it. but what is your reaction to sticking to this artificial deadline, and your reaction to the idea of accepting a notion that we leave americans behind? mr. trump: so, they gave this list of americans to the taliban, who we have been fighting for many, many years, and they are tough fighters. they are good fighters. but now they can be much better because they have the best equipment in the world, and so much of it they don t know what to do, they will be selling it on the open market. but we gave that to these people, and isis acts, as you know, i knocked out 100% of the isis caliphate, i knocked it out in syria, iraq, w
thought we did or the taliban is not controlling? we re supposed to be talking with them, according to president biden. have they lost control of their country? as you already said i served in afghanistan 2014 and 2015. i went back as a member of congress in late 2018. and general scotty miller, who was the most recent general on the ground, was there at that time as well and briefed us on the threat of isis k because harris, as president trump defeated the isis caliphate in syria and iraq, isis k started to drift toward kabul. i believe that they were just waiting for a moment. waiting us out and waiting for a moment like this where they could strike and that s exactly what you are seeing. but what is important to always remember in this situation and why i m so critical of this commander-in-chief is because why it was so avoidable. if we would have kept a small
disclosing the information laura: we are giving a free pass to china. layman s reaction tonight is that. moving on to afghanistan we heard tonight that at least one refugee has been stop before arriving in the united states who looks like had ties to isis who somehow managed to coalesce into the group being allowed out of the country and is now apparently in custody. are concerned are you about the spitting process? i m concerned about strahl that allows breathing life into radical islamic terrorist organizations that were obliterated or on the run. when we left the office eight months ago isis caliphate had been destroyed, our baghdadi had been killed. al qaeda left 200 and afghanistan and because of the way this was so terribly, it has
terror across europe and carrie out attacks in paris, knees nice , brussels, london, germany, and it was only then after the terror hit europe, our european allies that they finally sent troops back into start dealing with the caliphate they had created. now it took almost eight years to eliminate the isis caliphate and joe biden has just given them an islamic place. in terror attacks here in th united states as well we remember all too well the peopl who were run down on the west side of new york as they were walking around. john, we have the best in th business here at the fox news channel in we will bring in our panel of reporters in correspondents all joining us ahead of hearing from the secretary of state for the firs time he has spoken to this greg i will start with you first. a remarkable moment that we are in now less than a week from
would know that by now and we don t. michael, i want to read for you some reporting on what the taliban takeover means for the jihadist movement. this is from the new yorker. the taliban takeover is the biggest boost to al qaeda since 9/11 and a global game-changer for jihadism generally. rita katz, a leading tracker of extremist activity worldwide told me there is a universal recognition that al qaeda can now reinvest in afghanistan as a safe haven. jihadism effectively has a new homeland, the first since the collapse of the isis caliphate in march 2019. michael, understanding that you are not an expert in the taliban but you are an expert in diplomacy, what options, if any, does the united states have, bigger picture? well, first of all, that s the short-term reaction. i agree with that. but i want to question whether that will be true in three or five years from now. i do not know that this will be