is going to take more than the 31st of august before all foreign troops have left but of course the taliban are keeping their allies feet in the fire about this and i can see exactly why they re fire about this and i can see exactly why they re doing this and of course what we cannot contemplate is the possibility that we are staying there without tacit approval of the taliban because that would lead to both substantial loss of life and probably loss of key equipment, including aeroplanes in f but which are ours. jack equipment, including aeroplanes in f but which are ours. but which are ours. jack straw, thank you but which are ours. jack straw, thank you very but which are ours. jack straw, thank you very much. - but which are ours. jack straw, thank you very much. joining i but which are ours. jack straw, i thank you very much. joining me but which are ours. jack straw, - thank you very much. joining me now. lewis lukens is the former acting us ambassador to the uk, and deputy
dual national, carry an american passport. but to see president biden do this and spin this, along with president trump who started this off striking a deal in doha when there was no cease-fire agreed. pulling out troops. there were more personnel in the u.s. embassy in london than there were american troops in afghanistan. there s been no combat since 2014. there was enough international coalition support there to keep the afghan forces alive and well and the taliban at bay. absolutely afghanistan was messy. absolutely it was difficult and corrupt. but it was going in the right direction. and now, we depart with all the consequences of the humanitarian crisis, migration issue as well. and as i said, there will be real problems with the economy causing potential famine and so forth because the food will not
we can speak now to lewis lukens, who was deputy chief of mission at the us embassy in london from 2016 to 2019. great to have us as on bbc news. you wrote in an article earlier this year that the tron presidency had put in doubt the us s reliability is a partner and had damaged the special relationship. do you think thatjoe biden is managing to mend that? that joe biden is managing to mend that? , , 4 that joe biden is managing to mend that? absolutely. i think he played a constructive that? absolutely. i think he played a constructive role that? absolutely. i think he played a constructive role in that? absolutely. i think he played a constructive role in the that? absolutely. i think he played a constructive role in the g7 - a constructive role in the g7 summit, he and the prime minister had good talks and it wrapped up with a ceremonial visit with the queen which was meaningful. this long range of residents that the queen has met and sort of represents the continuity of
association or right to life committee, i don t acquaint them with black lives matter that has an incredible recent violent history, but imagine how people on the left would respond if you had nra flying over the u.s. embassy paris, u.s. embassy in london. i don t think they would be happy and to have that political organization represented by the diplomats that are supposed to be neutral protecting the natural diplomacy, they seem completely out of place and totally inappropriate. tucker: yeah, how about the flag of the qanon army. which apply that flag whatever it is. over the embassy in moscow. such a thing. tucker: that tells you a lot. great to see you, thank you. so a lot of people in the past 18 months have re-assessed as
with black lives matter that has an incredible recent violent history, but imagine how people on the left would respond if you had nra flying over the u.s. embassy paris, u.s. embassy in london. i don t think they would be happy and to have that political organization represented the diplomats that are supposed to h be neutral protecting the natural diplomacy, they seem completely out of place and totally inappropriate. tucker: yeah, how about the flag of the qanon army. which apply that flag whatever it is. over the embassy in moscow. such a thing. tucker: that tells you ah lot. great to see you, thank you. so a lot of people in the past 18 months have re-assessed as american society has gone through all of these convulsions, reassessed what they believe, and have sought