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Whether you want to take credit or not, as an american, i am very grateful that guys like you and the women and all the staff and all the people and the allies, 20 years, there hasnt been another major attack x i think the gratitude has to come first, even though i know theres a lot of disappointment. stop shaking your head, phil. just take it. >> thank you, u.s. army. they saved us. >> he wont even take a thanks. this is why i need you on the show more. this guy cant even take a thank you. >> i...

Capabilities and we have kept ourselves safe. so i dont think this makes us any less safe. >> phil, what is your take on what the colonel just said? and what do you make of the suggestion that the united states should have kept bagram? they should have kept the force there. they should have kept that site and they could have used it for these exits, obviously. but they could have used it just as a position and control of a place that can get very deadly, very quickly. >> boy, im going to say i l...

Trouble. in terms of bagram, i dont buy it. i have flown into bagram. its a long way to kabul. theres a lot of territory. when youre driving along the road, what the territory moans is every time you get in a car, you might get hit by an rpg, by something else or someone else, some rogue taliban element or isis-k has thrown at you. every scenario, why dont we have a stay-behind force? the taliban took the country over. where are you going to put that thing? every scenario people come up with, in...

Ton of them. >> brianna, youre right. its very sad to hear the stories of the families being separated. we talked about this before on this program. u.s. governments first and foremost priority is always to focus on citizens. we dont like this hierarchy, but it does exist. reading between the lines of what the administration is saying, theyre going to work on taking care of these green card holders. they skrust cant do it by august 31st. thats where the communication with the taliban and this ne...

Watch the outflow. maybe a few 00 more will trickle. but thousands of afghans? i dont know about that. >> i agree with phil, these are not good guys. this is where diplomacy becomes more important. working with international partners on the ground, with those countries that still have their missions functioning on the ground, there has to be a lot of communication and coordination between those groups. thats how were going to get there. its not going to be perfect. its not. but its not in the ta...

People out after tomorrow? >> i think it is comforting to see just how many american bes the administration has gotten out in a short amount of time i agree with jake sullivan in that its not a cliff, but we do have to understand that its not going to be 100% what we want. the taliban dont have -- theyve been out of government for a long time. they need to figure out the modalities of running an airport, a government. the u.s. doesnt have a permanent presence on the ground anymore. in the absenc...

>> down to a population of 300 or fewer american citizens who have yet to get out. we have evacuated more than 5,000. we evacuated well more than 300 just yesterday. we believe theres still an opportunity for american ci citizens to get to the airport, get on planes and get home. but youre right. august 31st is not a cliff. after august 31st, we believe we have substantial leverage to hold the taliban to allow safe passage for american citizens, legal permanent residents and afghan allies who ha...

Strikes, which weve already seen paerm have caused civilian cas casualties. >> look, my generation is still at the agency. were still scarred by what we saw 20 years ago. if there is threat and that threat persists after september 1st, and it will, you will not go back to a time that says were reluctant to strike a group that has already shown theyre willing to strike the united states. look what happened in yemen, somalia. if people think august 31st means no more lethal action in afghanistan, ...

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You have to move when you have to move. the thing about notifications elsewhere in the region tells me a couple things. number one, if you operate from a regional state, either you dont want to tell them, i have seen that in the past, because youre afraid of leaks, or you dont have to tell them. operating from the territory, were going to conduct strikes like this. if you authorize those in advance, were not going to tell you when theyre happening. the final option is they flew off the ship in t...