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Leverage to just do the minimum, which is to save the lives of the internationals left in kabul to save the lives of the afghans who helped us. but, you know, there were 70,000 afghans a couple weeks ago. that means interpreters and others who directly supported the u.s. government and their families, to say nothing of all the afghans who worked with all the media, with all of you guys on the ground there, who were covered by these agreements. so its really going to be rough going because i dont...

Needs to ensure the safety of american personnel. in needs to continue its evacuations of allys, interpreters and, that other afghans who helped the u.s. military. and we need to use the full scope of our humanitarian diplomatic leverage, to ensure hard won gains, especially for women and girls, are maintained. >> all right. congressman jake auchincloss, thank you so much for your time and for your service. its got to be really troubling though, at the end of the day to see all of this after 20 ...

That? we know from shannon pettypieces reporting they are withdrawing military and diplomatic efforts in the region. >> lyndsay, i worked on afghanistan as a senior staffer, under the bush administration, i worked under president obama in the executive branch. i ran for congress last year saying we should leave afghanistan, but not this way. and the problem is that, you know, we have maximum leverage and we had maximum leverage. frankly, i would say before president trump got into office because...

Embassy, and will look forward to that reaction, of course, speaker pelosi yesterday releasing a statement, careful not to blame president biden, but still expressing concern for the humanitarian damage that is being done in that region, especially to women and girls as the taliban continues to take over there. but other than that, not much from democrats here who are, of course, careful not to criticize president biden. but if they were here in these halls and not on recess, we would be able to...

Bonds and leverage and thats the approach we need to take. brian: we can talk for another couple hours but in congress the three.5 trillion in the three.2 trillion infrastructure packages is in trouble not because of your party that the democratic party this so-called moderates wont do three.five until they get one.2 100 members of the lesson they wanted one.2 or until they did a three.51st does pelosi have a way out of this? >> that what will she do? he is listening to the left and beholden to ...

And leverage and thats the approach we need to takele. >> i could talk to you two hours and still not get all the information. in congress, 3.5 trillion and 1.2 trillion so-called infrastructure series of packages is a trouble not because of your party, because the democrat party so-called moderates in the house and they get 1.2, 100 members of the left moved to 1.2, bipartisan package 3.5 first. i dont know if nancy pelosi has a way out of it. >> you are seeing are listening to the left holding...

Negotiating to try to get a car and to get out. they have fled in the face or surrendered and many, according to all the reports, many have been killed, executed as theyre surrendering. its not peaceful out in the provinces at all no matter what the taliban is saying. the taliban has also developed some very strong and savvy political arm. they have been in beijing. theyve been in tehran and received in china and saying they are working with the u.s. and the u.s. is working with china ins negoti...

I honestly dont think they care about international legitimacy at all, particularly from the united states with. now, certainly chinas going to step in, and i believe russia will as well. but in terms of recognition from the west, they do not care at all. e again, an extreme form of islamist government is not going to to care what the west thinks. so the idea that we had any leverage over them, you know, i think is a fallacy. and once again thats going to make it extremely difficult as we move f...

Strength and leverage and bombs on foreheads, mike, thats what they understand. i can tell you from personal experience and this just kind of -- i dont know what other word for it except for fecklessness and weakness that they sense in washington and they are going to continue to take advantage and so would jihadi allies. mike: decades after the korean conflict the united states has troops stationed in south korea, isnt there a strategic argument to be made for keeping american forces in iraq an...

The strong taliban forces right now, where are they if relation to americans in kabul. arthel: those are excellent questions, dr. grant, because president biden told the taliban, threatened them that if theres any sort of gunfire or any sort of interruption with the evacuations, there would be consequences to pay. was sort of leverage do we have at this point, realistically? >> yes, we do still have the ability to carry out air strikes. the taliban has said dont do it. but the fact is, if the ta...