Security Forces Off Guard News Today

A quote from the chairman of the foreign affairs committee, congressman meeks, and what he said about an upcoming hearing on afghanistan. watch. >> the afghan security forces laid down their weapons. there was no resistance whatsoever. and thats how they move so quickly and i think, to a degree, and this is what i want to ask questions about, caught the american security forces off guard. but should we have prepared? what could we have done better? what do we learn from this? those are the kinds...

Right now, we have got to focus on making sure that -- look. we have the finest military in the world. we have seen incredible response by them. and i dont want to put any service member in harms way, unnecessarily. but when youve got this kind of emergency situation, tragic situation. that everybody has had the opportunity to see on cable news, 24/7, for the past week. it is absolutely essential that we employ every resource that we have, as americans, to put an end to it. >> before i have to l...

Various provinces. there was not a shot fired when the cabal was taken care of. thats part of the deal because we were preparing for, you know, kabul when the ships were coming in and we had some troops ready to go in if, in fact, the taliban came in guns blazing. there might have been and could have been some air support with the ships that were there, but they didnt do that. the afghan security forces laid down their weapons. there was no resistance whatsoever, and thats how they moved so quic...