CNN Anderson Cooper 360 September 29, 2021 04:14:00
Specifically, they changed their minds and went along with the rapid withdrawal. and their argument was -- and this is very important to understand -- we had only 3,500 troops there. that was a low. and they both concluded that this was not sufficient leverage with the taliban to achieve anything. and i think military experts would agree on that. that's just not enough. and so, they changed their point of view on this. now clearly, there was a lot of hydraulic pressure from one commander in chief, president biden. he clearly wanted to get out. when he worked as vice president for obama, he was...