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facing heat. they re comparing that to the fall of saigon in 1975. i want you to listen to secretary of state tony blinken pushing back on that comparison when he spoke with jake tapper yesterday. with this troop surge to air lift americans out of afghanistan, aren t we already inthein the midst of a saigon m. no, we re not. we went to afghanistan with one mission and that mission was to deal with the folks who attacked us on 9/11. we have succeeded in that mission. the objective that we set bringing those who attacked us to justice, making sure that they couldn t attack us again from afghanistan, we succeeded in that mission. and in fact, we succeeded a while ago. and at the same time, remaining in afghanistan for another one, five, ten years is not in the national interest. you know the british were there for a long time in the 19th century. the russians were there for a long time in the 20th century. we ve been there twice as long
but with this troop surge to airlift americans out of afghanistan, aren t we already in the midst of a saigon moment? no, we re not. remember, this is not saigon. we went to afghanistan 20 years ago with one mission. and that mission was to deal with the folks who attacked us on 9/11. and we have succeeded in that mission. the objective that we set bringing those who attacked us to justice, making sure that they couldn t attack us again from afghanistan. we ve succeeded in that mission. and, in fact, we succeeded a while ago. and, at the same time, remaining in afghanistan for another one, five, ten years is not in the national interest. you know, the british were there for a long time in the 19th century. the russians were there for a long time in the 20th century. we ve now been there twice as long as the russians. and how that s in our national interest, i don t see. now as chaos unfolds in afghanistan, our international security editor nick paton walsh is there on the ground in
visually at least, tell a different story. cnn s jake tapper asked blinken about that on sunday. reporter: president biden is intent on avoiding a saigon moment. that s a reference, of course, to the hasty and humiliating evacuation from vietnam. but with this troop surge to air lift americans out of afghanistan, aren t we already in the midst of a saigon moment? no, we re not. remember, this is not saigon. we went to afghanistan 20 years ago with one mission. and that was to deal with the folks who attacked us on 9/11. and we have succeeded in that mission. the objective that we set, bringing those who attacked us to justice, making sure that they couldn t attack us again from afghanistan, we ve succeeded in that mission. and in fact we succeeded a while ago. and at the same time, remaining in afghanistan for another one, five, ten years is not in the national interest. you know, the british were there for a long time in the 19th century. the russians were there for a long time in
early to tell. i think we re going to see what happens in the next few months, frankly, and sort out the decision making in the biden administration. it s a political question that will confront biden in the months ahead. tim, we re hearing comparisons of this moment, what we re seeing in kabul, to the fall of saigon. the iconic image of people fleeing the u.s. embassy by helicopter as the city fell. took a look at these side by side images. here s what secretary of state tony blinken said about that on cnn earlier today. president biden is intent on avoiding a saigon moment, that s a reference, of course, to the hasty and humiliating u.s. evacuation from vietnam, but with this troop surge to air lift americans out of afghanistan, aren t we already in the midst of a saigon moment? no, we re not. this is not saigon. we went to afghanistan 20 years