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Crucial because it says if biden tries to blame the intelligence and it turns out he was warned of this would happen that is a really important thing for us to know. >> he was absolutely warned the pentagon advised against doing this as well that congress was briefed that al qaeda fully intends to take advantage of the vacuum caused to reconstitute and to strike the west this is a repeat of the obama administration pulling us out too soon to reckless leading to the attacks across europe and in t...

States. its not in their self-interest to allow a repeat of that. >> that seems to be a lot of -- some people might say thats a bit of wishful thinking. the propaganda opportunity that they may have, particularly coming up on the 20th anniversary of 9/11, that has got to scare some folks. isis, when they made their expanse, it ended up inspiring acolytes to do attacks on the west, attacks in this country. are you at all concerned about the propaganda victory these extremists are about to have on...

Those hopes have all just disappeared and now hes stuck in limbo with iran not knowing what to do with his life. thats the story of so many afghans here. another woman i spoke to this morning who said shell never go back to afghanistan because she said its a virtual prison for women again. its back to what it was in the 90s, 20 years ago, and its just a horrifying existence for most people under the tyranny of the taliban there. >> thank you, ali. richard, we should also point out that afghans o...

Now, watching how this administration abandoned allies. we will see al qaeda 3.0. we will see a repeat of what happened in iraq when we pulled out too soon under the obama administration and isis came roaring back, caliphate the size of indiana, attacks across the west. there was no plan. there was no plan to help our interpreters, there was no plan to help those in civil society and now theres no plan for bases in the region to go after al qaeda if they come back. were flying blind in afghanist...

Situation. so far, based on reporting and average seeing anybody on location yet from the u.s. government so were hoping they can get there as soon as possible because thousands of people are trapped under the rubbles. if they dont get them out as soon as possible we will have another repeat of 2010, and that was really bad. >> we do not want that. more than 200,000 people died after that 2010 earthquake. i was there on the ground. i saw the aftermath, all the heartbreak, but i saw the incredibl...

Last night as afghans can help us. we have been running for decades. we have been destroying what we have built. lets not do this again. lets make sure that we can try to move forward this time and i hope the political entity of the taliban which has a newer generation that has studied abroad, they, when in charge, can help create an afghanistan that the people want and it is not a repeat of the mistakes of our past. i it is not a repeat of the mistakes of our past-— of our past. i think you u...

So now we are seeing those consequence. this is certainly not something that the president predicted at all. he, in fact, said back in july this would not happen. he said there would not be a repeat of the type of scenes we saw in saigon where americans had to be airlifted off the embassy rooftop. and while we are not necessarily seeing embassy officials airlifted off the rooftop, we are certainly seeing a chaotic, if not chaotic, intense scramble to get them out of the country. the state depart...

Their successes, to go forward, and has broken the will of the afghan army, one that we worked so hard to build. and maybe also broken the will of the afghan government. we have this tragedy unfolding very rapidly. i have this tragedy unfolding very raidl . ., ., rapidly. i wonder for you personally. _ rapidly. i wonder for you personally, you - rapidly. i wonder for you personally, you lead - rapidly. i wonder for you | personally, you lead men rapidly. i wonder for you - personally, you lead m...

The british were there for a long time in the 19th century. the russians were there for a long time in the 20th century. weve been there twice as long as the russians. how that is in our national interest, i dont see. as i mentioned a moment ago i think most of our strategic competitors around the world would like nothing better than for us to remain in afghanistan for another year, five years, ten years and have those resources dedicated to being in the midst of a civil war. it is simply not in...

Afghanistan now is going to become a hotbed of terrorism? >> jake, we have tremendously more capacity than we had before 9/11 when it comes to counterterrorism. in places around the world where we dont have forces on the ground, in yemen, parts of africa, parts of syria, we are able to deal with any potential terrorist threat to our country and were doing that every single day. were going to retain in the region the over the horizon capacity as we call it to see and deal with any re-emergence of...