and the risk we would be attacked from there again. a part of that second objective was to get the afghans at the table talking. women and ngos, afghan government, former leaders in afghanistan, we had the taliban. all beginning to try to pound out a set of conversations. we knew it would take years to achieve but that peace and reconciliation process was important. if you were going to create the stability you needed, bill, you had to do it. bill: if they did not live up to either side live up to the deal the deal was null and void and then you can go back to the taliban and say you broke the agreement and that did not happen. why? of course, no, we told the taliban repeatedly they were violating the agreement, bill. repeatedly. dana: what happens next, sir. and we responded and we imposed real costs on them when they did so. we impolesed costs on president
they die knowing that they had a friend that didn t give up on them and that s better than dying alone. bill: remarkable. jen, thank you. a 12-year-old shouldn t have to say that. bill: thank you for your time and thanks for coming back and carl, we ll be in contact, okay? thank you. one last thing. it s not just me. it s not just me that i m in this situation. i know people are in the same situation that i am right now. they have worked for the united states and have provided supplies for the united states but guess what? over there are people getting through that never worked. they knew somebody with a green card or knew somebody with a pass book. that s how they got inside. i know people that are inside but they never worked. bill: your exit is justified
newday is holding the line with their two and a quarter refi. that s 2.25%, with an apr of 2.48. this is their lowest rate in history. the newday two and a quarter refi can cut thousands of dollars off your mortgage payments. there s no money out of pocket and no up front costs. lock in your rate. bill: it is 10:30 in new york. 10:30 at the pentagon. the briefing is to get underway in a number of moments. admiral kirby will be out and bring it to you. jen griffin is sitting in her seat. dana: president biden shifting some blame for the afghanistan situation blaming the trump administration. peter doocy had a heated exchange with the president on
protect americans. we didn t do that. we trusted america to protect america s interests at every turn. bill: you have the taliban, isis, haqqani and al qaeda. there was a devastating report from the u.n. back in the early summer. it suggests between 8,000 and 10,000 islamic jihadists flooded into the country of afghanistan which contributes more and more to this wicked stew of terrorists that are now free to roam. is there a hair s difference between any of those groups i mentioned? bill, there is. but they have a common theme. you hit on these. radical islamist terrorists who want to undermine our republic and like to kill westerners and americans in particular. in that sense they are all the same. they have different power struggles amongst them. they ll fight each other but in the end they all oppose america more than they oppose each other. bill: dana was touching on this. if the taliban just rolled through the country, doesn t
on tuesday american forces are supposed to leave afghanistan and there are still thousands of people trying to flee. sources on the ground say the taliban expanded the perimeter outside of the airport and attempts to slow the flow of people to the airport. one person in kabul added the situation could deteriorate rapidly at any minute with numerous things going wrong. and understanding some civilian flights could resume after americans leave and limited and controlled by turkey or pakistan. once the lifeline of air evacuations ceases thousands could flee on foot. the united missions half a million afghans could leave the country across land borders. people line up trying to flee the taliban by the border of pakistan and how desperate these people are to leave. dana: i m sure we ll see a lot of you today. bill: i want to bring in two men who know this better than most. combat veteran and an army ranger.