MSNBC Morning Joe August 17, 2021 11:33:00
Operationals to the strategic and on the intelligence side as well. on the intelligence side it was missing the regional and mid level contacts between members of the government and security forces and the taliban, their shadow colleagues in the taliban structure. that's how you go from the taliban not holding a capital to sweeping into the presidential palace in a span of eight days. we missed it. >> yeah. so how did we miss it so badly? and how did our military overestimate the strength and force of our afghan allies over the past 15, 20 years? >> simply put, this is what happens when you ha...