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Scores of taliban fighters and just behind us, the u.s. embassy xounl. some carry american weapons. they tell us, theyre here to maintain law and order. >> translator: everything is under control, everything will be fine, he says. nobody should worry. >> reporter: what is your message to america in. >> translator: america spent enough time in afghanistan. they need to leave, he tells us. they already lost lots of lives and lots of money. >> reporter: people come up to them to pose for photograph...

Resources, whether its for the kind of massive alliance, 132 nations that fought in afghanistan, or the meager coalition of the willing that invaded iraq? the repercussions from this are not just playing out in the tragic scenes at kabul airport. it really, i think, could end up being what historians look at as the bookend on the american era of power. >> can i ask you something, robin? even after devoting 20 years, you think the images coming out of the airport will be the deciding factor in hi...

They already lost lots of lives and lots of money. people come up to them to pose for photographs. theyre just chanting "death to america," but they seem friendly at the same time. its utterly bizarre. >> joining me now, cnn military analyst, retired lieutenant general mark hertling and distinguished fellow at the woodrow wilson center, robin wright. im so glad to have both of you on this evening. its really -- its a blessing that we have you guys here. robin, im going to start with you first. 2...

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Last night hundreds boarding a cargo jet. again n the era of phones and social media, these are raw footage often from citizens and other individuals on the ground. people rushed the perimeter of the airport. there was chaos there. at the moment the taliban entered kabul we could here gunfire fired into the air, taliban kproels situation. they control the streets. they are already setting up checkpoints. pose forth photos inside the presidential palace. the whereabouts of president ghani are unk...

And we have to keep our commitment to them and get them out of there. thats what i hope they are focused on right now, to make sure that every single one of them gets out of there and into someplace safe. but i tell you, as a member of the united states congress, and chair of this house foreign affairs committee, i cannot advocate surging. i cannot advocate kicking it down the road for another five, ten years because i dont think that that will make a difference either. >> right. and as you say,...

Willing to say, and how long will the taliban let the americans stay? >> what does that mean? what does that signify fou, rebecca, in terms of the u.s. commitment to its afghan partners, people who served alongside americans and kept them safe, who, you know, are now in peril? >> right. and its time to demand that the taliban allow us to build that security perimeter and move those people out. i dont want to hear ask ing th taliban. we have the military power to secure that airport, move forces ...

Event for the biden administration. they had the warning, should have seen this coming. clearly what we see at kabul airport is that they were weeks and months off. this is not the militarys fault. this is an intelligence failure here in washington. >> robin, what do you think? >> i think all four presidents made profoundly flawed calculations about how you build a nation, how you create an army from scratch, how long it would take and how much it would cost the united states. and one mission, t...

1,000 troops have been sent to kabul trying to complete the evacuation process. in all, 6,000 troops will be in afghanistan by the end of the week to deal with the situation. many afghans are very clear about this. they fear for their lives right now in this brutal regime of the taliban, which is well-known. its what so many wars were fought over, is coming to power. there are also concerns among women who saw their rights practically eliminated under the previous taliban rule. congressman grego...

The flights. theyll have to bring in not only military transport but commercial and contract air lift to get everyone out. theyll need a secure airport, a clear ramp and then a way to bring people to kabul airport even approximate that means using u.s. ground forces to hold those roots through the city. >> do you see that happening, robin? because i have spoken with the pentagon official, we spoke with the white house on this show, and there appears to be no plan to put u.s. forces in that posit...