CNN CNN Newsroom With Alisyn Camerota and Victor Blackwell August 31, 2021 19:40:00
Afghan allies to their homes around the world, including in america, we thank you. i take responsibility for the decision. now some say we should have started mass evacuations sooner. couldn't have have been done in a more order ly manner. i respectfully disagree. imagine if we begun evacuations in june or july, bringing in thousands of american troops and evacuating more than 120,000 people in the middle of a civil war. there still would have been a rush to the airport. a break down in confidence and control of the government and still would have been very difficult and dangerous mission. the...