british forces against the taliban, and yet the prime minister, according to these e mails, overrode the defence according to these e mails, overrode the defence secretary of the day and authorised the defence secretary of the day and authorised evacuation of dogs. that is utterly authorised evacuation of dogs. that is utterly shameful, and every day we are is utterly shameful, and every day we are seeing more evidence that the man is we are seeing more evidence that the man is not we are seeing more evidence that the man is not a we are seeing more evidence that the man is not a leader, he a liar. we have had man is not a leader, he a liar. - have had numerous denials from the government that the prime minister was involved in this. should we not take them at face value? i was involved in this. should we not take them at face value? was involved in this. should we not take them at face value? i think we have not take them at face value? i think we have got it take them a
large swaths of afghanistan. chris: given that they are now in charge of afghanistan, should we try to find some way to work with the taliban? can we find some way to work with the taliban? well, i think in many respects, because this administration ignored the warnings of the intelligence community assessments, overrode the top generals, we find ourself in this very precarious dangerous situation where the taliban is dictating terms to us, where they are deck tating the terms of our exit dictating the terms of our exit strategy, dictating whether the americans can leave or not or the interpreters, and mr. putin himself stared down our president at the summit and said you can t build isr intelligence capabilities in the region. the problem is, chris, we ve gone dark. when bagram went down, when we turned it over to the afghan partners in taliban hands, with
chris: given that they are now in charge of afghanistan, should we try to find some way to work with the taliban? can we find some way to work with the taliban? well, i think in many respects, because this administration ignored the warnings of the intelligence community assessments, overrode the top generals, we find ourself in this very precarious dangerous situation where the taliban is dictating terms to us, where they are deck tating the terms of our exit dictating the terms of our exit strategy, dictating whether the americans can leave or not or the interpreters, and mr. putin himself stared down our president at the summit and said you can t build isr intelligence capabilities in the region. the problem is, chris, we ve gone dark. when bagram went down, when we turned it over to the afghan partners in taliban hands, with all the cash and weaponry, when