this for weeks, and this started with the president talking to erdogan, turkey s president in brussels when we were there for the nato meetings. there was no commitment then. now they say they have that commitment. the airport is a mess, and we destroyed a lot of equipment. we left a lot of 73, i think they said, broken aircraft, making them unusable. that s what general mckenzie said and listing all those assets that we left and made incapable of flying again. they also took out all of the staff, all of the air traffic controllers, the airport workers, the mechanics, so there is no way that that can be opened without cutter and turkey putting people in. that is what they re relying on and it s going to take a long time to get that airport up to speed. they need the overland roots, but what we re learning tonight from the veteran groups we re talking to, my colleagues are talking to, the refugee groups, they re telling people to shelter in place because there
now they say they have that commitment. the airport is a mess, and we destroyed a lot of equipment. we left a lot of 73, i think they said, broken aircraft, that s what the general said, making them unusable. that s what general mckenzie said and listing all those assets that we left and made incapable of flying again. they also took out all of the staff, all of the air traffic controllers, the airport workers, the mechanics, so there is no way that that can be reopened without qatar and turkey putting people in. that is what they re relying on, and it s going to take a long time to get that airport up to speed. they need the overland roots, but what we re learning tonight from the veteran groups we re talking to, my colleagues are talking to, the refugee groups, they re telling people to shelter in place because there is no evidence that the taliban will let people pass. people are being told to go to safe houses, many of which have been financed in the past by american aid groups.