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States is pushing ahead to recognize as the legitimate government of afghanistan and all that aid, that foreign aid money you talked about will go to al qaeda in afghanistan and the taliban. it is extraordinary. thats the kind of thing you wont hear about when foreign journalists are gone because the taliban is putting on this illusion. its a show, theatrical performance for the world to see where they havent shut down the news stations yet. if you look at the reporting thats coming out journali...

That, but the reality is right now, that all of that complexity just got magnified, or multiplied by the fact that moderates suddenly woke up and said that they had as much leverage in terms of trying to extort differences both in process and outcome as progressives had all along. that should be your correct, this thing was already this hard to do, its not impossible, and yet i think somehow the stakes are so high that the combination of pelosi, schumer and biden, and what would have been the co...

Going to be looking for the same people that we might be looking forward to get out and theyre going to stop them and we have no leverage whatsoever and im not sure what preplanning couldve been done beyond getting people out from much lengthier period and that will need to be looked at. but the immediate issue now is as the films are showing to reporters, there are groups of taliban and a lack of unity there because some groups are letting people through and others are not. but the stories we h...

Followed the trump decision to pull out the troops, we lost our leverage. >> neil: im not here to play politics, this is not -- i dont care what your political views are. but if youre willing to change completely, climate change policy, reverse something that trump did, fine. if youre willing to assess our relationship with europe and whether or not the prior administration went too far, fine. if youre going to all of a sudden say were locked into this agreement we had with the taliban when in f...

To try to get more information. >> general, earlier this week there were all sorts of questions around why didnt the of a afghan soldiers fight back harder. but now there are reports that the taliban is going house for house looking for former afghan soldiers and security forces and their families. anything that we should do to protect them? >> nothing. we have no leverage left in afghanistan. were not going to re-enter the country, were not going to expand the footprint out of the kabul airport...

Out of the prison in bagram? none. we have no leverage about what happens to them. do they go back to being part of al qaeda? do they get back to their home countries and start terrorist activities there? the point is if -- if it is true that they looked at every possibility and they had a plan for every possibility. then, they found this situation acceptable. and its not acceptable. its damaging our reputation as a country. our allies all around the world and -- and our enemies are looking at u...

That that is our leverage and we need to use that. fight! that that is our leverage and we need to use that.— that that is our leverage and we need to use that. and can that be used quickly _ need to use that. and can that be used quickly enough? _ need to use that. and can that be used quickly enough? we - need to use that. and can that be used quickly enough? we are - need to use that. and can that be i used quickly enough? we are talking about people who want to leave now. some of them hav...

Responsibility running the country now after taking it over in days and maybe that is something that they consider. if were using that as a potential threat, if they start getting nasty with us or threatening with us, you think its going to work? >> i dont think so. its some leverage. they would be happy to have the money. they would wind fall our equipment. who knows what they have their hands hahn now. they just freed 5,000 prisoners, not all of them are taliban. many of them were foreign figh...

Were waiting to hear from the state department maybe changes are made there. the experts are telling us thats where the leverage may be and why were reporting for the u.s. as it continues with evacuation efforts in afghanistan. billions in frozen assets. one thing from a rainy day fund. foreign aid is where the larger day-to-day impact might be. see if there are any changes made. >> bill: >> bill: nice to see you on the north lawn. >> the taliban whether they will allow us to work or not. i met ...

We gave you a window. bye. now, what do you do? whats the leverage? like, how do you make them do anything they dont want to do unless youre willing to put the military might on them? >> well, i think the taliban is interested in trying to gain international legitimacy. look. they now have to run a country. they have to run an aueconomy. they are going to need international assistance. so, they -- they are motivated, i think, to -- to try to, you know, maintain that legitimacy. and try to have d...