MSNBC Meet the Press August 23, 2021 08:22:00
Explain why, in fact, we need to have a presence on the ground in afghanistan. so when you've got three president in a row having said we have to get out -- >> even president bush was trying to find a way out. >> i think there's no question we have to maintain, need to maintain a presence on the ground. 3,500 forces, counterterrorist operations, counterintelligence operations. that allowed us to have the kind of assurance that the taliban would not, in fact, take over as they have done and create now a brand-new safe haven. again, it's not just the taliban. it's the haqqani network. it's al qa...
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