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Al qaeda. we decided we needed to get rid of the taliban government, and here we are, 20 years later. what's the alternative way we could have proceeded? >> the alternative way is to separate al qaeda that attacked the united states than the al qaeda that harbored them. rather than simply attacking al qaeda after 9/11. remember that in december 2001, after the taliban gets driven from kabul, after the taliban loses control. the islamic emirate falls, what happens after that is the taliban sue for peace with the united states and its allies. a peace that hamid karzai was prepared to accept. don...

What's coming out of anyone's mouth at this point. it's a real crisis of confidence. and the division between the american people, what we expect from our political leadership and what we are getting is as great as it's been in recent memory. >> will: julie kelly of american greatness, always great to talk to you. thank you so much. >> thanks, will. >> will: also here tonight are glenn greenwald a pulitzer prize winning journalist. glen, it's stunning to see the turn around in statements from one month ago both from president biden and from general mark milley to the reality on the ground one ...

Intelligence support, and were unable and they were spread out so theme they were unable to operate and they did not have supplies and he did not have food and some of them have been unpaid for months in somewhat sold kayla reported the taliban gave them stipends as they surrendered. so in the face of this all, it was a surrender that ended up all, it was a surrender that ended up happening rather than a fight back. and this was not anticipated by many, especially in washington. we say it was not anticipated but george w. bush in december 2001 when 0sama george w. bush in december 2001 when os...

Good evening. it was december 2001 when then president george w. bush made this announcement. >> for several years, the people of afghanistan have suffered under one of the most brutal regimes in modern history. a regime with terrorists and a regime at war with women. thanks to our military and our allies and the brave fighters of afghanistan, the taliban regime is coming to an end. >> tonight, 20 years later, the taliban regime is back. after sweeping across afghanistan's provinces in a matter of days, taliban forces have entered the city of kabul. on saturday, the afghan president told the a...

Enough, now they must brace for tropical depression grace which is expected to pass over the worst affected areas later today and into tomorrow, which could exacerabte things further. hospitals in the area are inundated, struggling to cope with the number of injured, which has almost doubled to around six thousand people. medical teams are being despatched from cuba and ecuador. from haiti here's the bbc�*s james clayton. more than 30,000 families have been left homeless. humanitarian organisations are seeing medical supplies and drinking water are critical and many bullets are blocked you t...