Isnt Combat News Today

>> bret: now, you write in the book, quote, the war was nowhere near a conclusion responsible and otherwise and u.s. troops would die and fight in combat for many years to come. the bald faced claims to the contrary rank among the most egregious deceptions and lies that u.s. leaders spread during two decades of warfare. obama had scaled back military operations but he failed to pull the united states out of the quagmire. a lot was happening behind the scenes. >> there was. you know, its striking...

As this is all unfolding, the taliban can look next door to iran, which is the worlds greatest state sponsor of thai, continuing to conduct attacks against americans and our interest. and were not isolating iran, we are inviting iran to be part of the world community. so, the arguments that you are getting from the biden administration suggest that they were surprised by this because they are so incoherent. >> trace: its not fair to say, chuck, that john kirby wouldnt use the word combat but, bo...

I would refer you to my state department colleagues to speak to it. >> -- combat deployment. its insulting for americans watching. >> i disagree,lucas. i dont think its insulting and im not sure i share that sentiment at all. >> this is deploying into kabul. you tell me this isnt combat? >> lucas, what im telling you is -- and ive said it before -- they will have the ability to defend themselves. they will be armed. of course. theyre going for a security mission. theyre going for a narrowly defi...

Around. this we need better communication with the white house listening to the pentagon. >> you talk about better communication with the white house listening to the pentagon. they are too busy out trying to pretend to us this isnt combat. doing so much fast spinning right now saying its something else. its hard to think that they would have a straight conversation with3)q pentagon if they are too busy trying to spin this as not combat. >> well, it seems like they are trying to spin a lot of th...

There are better ways around. this we need better communication with the white house listening to the pentagon. >> you talk about better communication with the white house listening to the pentagon. they are too busy out trying to pretend to us this isnt combat. doing so much fast spinning right now saying its something else. its hard to think that they would have a straight conversation with3)q pentagon if they are too busy trying to spin this as not combat. >> well, it seems like they are tryi...

>> yes. the simple answer is, yes. theres no other way around it. >> so whats the big deal? >> well, i agree with you, neil. i think were worrying too much about parsing on words. what we said all along, and my prior capacity speaking for the pentagon, obviously american troops, some, were involved in combat operations in iraq and syria, when you are dropping bombs on an enemy, thats an act of combat. what we have always said and remains true today is that theres no mission of combat operations ...

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