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Decide who gets out? >> well, they say it collapsed faster than we thought. we thought thered still be government infrastructure. but they still doesnt have the manpower on the ground. but i guess they were assuming the afghan government would fill in the gaps. but where does that leave us? does the -- does america have leverage, dick, in terms of dealing with the taliban? >> its hard to imagine what leverage we have, other than saying well give them money. we have a lot of afghan assets. we hav...

As a result of that, we are in the unfortunate circumstance of, i hate to say these words, relying on the taliban to allow people to come into the airport. thats why you see my friend jake sullivan, national security adviser working through a lot of challenges saying the taliban have said they will provide safe passage. unfortunately, many reports say that this is not correct, including what you just read from the washington post. what can we do? we need to put pressure on the taliban, where we ...

The mercy of the taliban to decide who were allowed to rescue. what did they think was going to happen? you know, the administration says well, we examined all sorts of scenarios. we had a plan for every scenario. you had a plan for this? what was your plan? your plan was to let the taliban decide who gets out? >> well, they say it collapsed faster than we thought. we thought thered still be government infrastructure. but they still doesnt have the manpower on the ground. but i guess, they were ...

>> im not shocked by it. weve heard the reports, we had to deal with the taliban, no offensive violence against americans in afghanistan until we withdraw. trump struck that deal, biden i a party to that deal, but when he pulled out in such a sloppy way, we lost all leverage so no the taliban controls everything that were doing there. are we saying the taliban is just letting everyone through, no, they are blackmailing people , they are beating americans up. may be there not shooting them dead o...

Bidens decision to evacuate all u.s. military. a decision i believe was set up solely by trumps farcical peace treaty. however this is what is now playing out. and it is going to be a tragic scene. the taliban are much smarter than they were 20 years ago, so they will probably keep the optics in kabul less brutal than will eventually be imposed upon all the 40 million people of afghanistan. girls, women, it is all over. we have no leverage. except some money, we have some of their funds in hand....

Were calling yesterday the throughput from that kabul airport to try to use the leverage that they have. some financial. they have f18s flying over as well. they have gotten the inf and the fed to freeze financial assets that otherwise might be available to the taliban to try to sustain that cooperation, count on the desire of the taliban not to be a pariah and do the best they can to move people, get people to the airport and out. yesterday they said there were 6,000 people that were prepared t...

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Because seeing joe biden, weak and frail and a cognitive mass, is not good for the united states. its not good for our fellow citizens, those trapped behind enemy lines tonight, and its not good for the world, either. if he doesnt care about the lives of americans abroad, if hes not up to this job, he needs to either step down or be removed. if he just wants to live out his remaining days on a beach in delaware, im fine with that. stepped down, let someone more capable take over. someone that ma...

And aside from paying, i dont know what leverage we have. what are we going to do? you know, we bombed them for 20 years. i dont think that scares them, anymore. i dont think we have much leverage. and what leverage do we have over what happens to the 5,000 terrorists that they let loose 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 po...

0 parts. bahrain, denmark, germany, italy, kazakhstan, kuwait, qatar, uzbekistan. many will be transporting people through their territories to safety. albania, kosovo, macedonia, mexico, poland, qatar, ukraine and uganda have made generous offers regarding the relocation efforts for at-risk afghans. we appreciate the support. were very encouraged other countries are also considering providing additional support, this is something that we will continue to be focused. finally this morning, secret...