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Penalties for not upholding those rights. arthel: john, has the u.s. forfeited or lost leverage to enforce guardrails on the taliban? >> well, i would have to say yes. im not sure what secretary blinken is referring to there. we just spent 20 years trying to apply leverage, and it really didnt work. you know, at this point i think what secretary blinken said earlier today, he was talking on cnn if, he said, look, we were handed this deadline by the trump administration. the trump administration ...

Military court six of already disbanded or surrendered to the taliban so where was the command control? there was a lot of speculation that the president may resign which would lead to a new transitional government with the taliban in charge. yesterday he came on television in a very short message and said his priority was to re—mobilise the security forces and was trying to reassure people. how much political leverage and power he has at the moment because the taliban seems to have the milita...

Condition number one, lets make certain the taliban dont take over. what does that mean to take out our airplanes and intelligence how can we do that? we have to have a base in the region to be responsive to the needs of the afghan military. and then we try to coordinate in a short period of time but the russians will influence because the influence countries but we need a longer period of time to negotiate the leverage to get the base. we have to ensure the afghan support for their forces is wh...

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...

Advance has afforded them seizure of weapons and equipment, so they are growing in strength. would they want to commit themselves to a street to street pitched battle in kabul? unknown, but they may not have to. they have so much momentum, and the afghan government has so little leverage right now, it cannot dictate terms to the taliban. so the talibans march across afghanistan is certainly a stunning blow for the afghan army. in a matter of months the insurgents have seemingly erased two deca...

Are something else altogether. there are talks going on with the taliban and us officials. and the taliban have ridden roughshod over them, so what leverage does that leave the americans in future going forward? joe biden hasnt spoken yet. hes going to have to address the country. this may have been donald trumps policy, but it isjoe bidens implementation date youll pay quite a price for the shambles that has unfolded over the past few days. in the uk — the prime minister boris johnson has sai...

Place to b the taliban that if u take this over militarily you will not be recognized by any world powers. by any u.n. group or anyone else by beijing, by russia. well, in fact, they have already been de facto recognized by having them visit these capitals.si that was not any leverage, any meaningful leverage to the taliban because the taliban have the facts one the ground is th they are taking over this country.th they may see it is a peaceful transition. we know their mo from before. i was in ...

Enjoys widespread support. but the implementation, the miscalculations, the warnings ignored are something else altogether. there were talks going on with the taliban and us officials, the taliban have ridden roughshod over them, so what leverage does that leave the americans in future? joe biden is going to have to address the country. this may have been donald trump as policy, but it isjoe biden�*s implementation, and i think he will play quite a price for the shambles that has unfolded over...

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...

Given the leverage, the force they have, you have to imagine thech a tremendous amount of ability to dictate what happens in the immediate future here. the u.s. has or will have in the almost immediate future 5,000 troops in afghanistan. thats 1,000 that were already there. 3,000 that were going in, including 2,000 marines and 1,000 soldiers, as well as 1,000 from what was essentially a standby force of 3,500 soldiers that were supposed to be in kuwait. the situation has spiraled so rapidly down...