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Thiessen, this president has put 6,000 more of our troops in harm's way at that airport, which is surrounded by the taliban. we know that they're erratic even though so far the leadership is telling them to stay peaceful. we have to remember that we have all of those boots on the ground again in this -- they won't call it combat but i don't know what else it is if somebody starts firing there. >> 100%. since bill mentioned iraq, this is not joe biden's first rodeo. he presided over the disastrous withdrawal of iraq and hundreds of attacks across the country. at least in iraq we had a partner. ...

Hundreds and thousands of americans and almost afghan interpreters. three infantry battalions, two from the marine corps on warships right now steaming to the area and also an army infantry battalion. there's the alert battalion from fort bragg flying to kuwait. that will be a stand-by force being deployed to kuwait just in case more assets are needed. and then enablers, electricians, different folks going to qatar to be able to help evacuate the interpreters. certainly as brett mentioned, 24 hours ago, there were no plans to deploy this many people. now today you can't -- the pentagon press s...

Back in combat. he sidestepped the question. but listen to what he had to say. >> this is a temporary mission with a narrow focus. as with all deployments of our troops into harm's way, our commanders have the right of self-defense and any attack on them can and will be met with a forceful and an appropriate response. >> so they may not want to call it combat, but they are in a combat environment as are the u.s. pilots flying missions overhead even right now. why all this concern? there were meetings across washington over the course of the day to put all of this into place. the taliban are on...

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Afghanistan, army general john campbell, said he needs to keep as many troops there as possible to help secure the volatile country. with the u.s. scheduled to draw down the troop presence by end of this year, general campbell says, he may need more soldiers. we have reaction to this from fox strategic analyst ralph peters. >> got a situation in afghanistan, despite all the money we've lavished on the afghan state and military, all the weapons we give them, all the training they still can't stand up to the tally back. our special operators are the bandaids holding that pretense of a country to...