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Helicopter left vietnam. most of the press questions were about the futility of the war itself. they weren't tactical questions about exactly what happened yesterday and how did you lose control of the airport, and henry kissinger was there talking about what he thought was the cease fire he had negotiated with the north vietnamese which did not work and where they were actively, you know, sending rocket fire against this evacuation. and when you look at what happened then compared to what happened now, the biden administration has achieved much more, but it's suddenly marginal. it's just a ma...

Government in afghanistan, a country that has never once in its entire history been a united country, and is made up -- i don't mean this in a derogatory way -- made up of different tribes who have never, ever, ever gotten along with one another. >> and back with us, joe cirincione, tim kudo and adam weinstein. let's talk about the history of afghanistan and how it relates to tonight. >> those were strong words by the president, and you may disagree with the way he conducted this evacuation, but he's telling the truth. he's explaining it the way he sees it, and i think accurately. he's getting...

That kind of magical thinking to me is the kind of magical thinking that will lead you into a war like this that you are unable to get out of. >> if we look at some of the dysfunction that was inherent with this evacuation and you're honest about it with yourself, how can you possibly think the united states could remake afghanistan oren gauge in a nation-building exercise that's successful? but when folks in washington talk about the capabilities of u.s. military, they always imagine a perfect scenario that has no human error and that foresight rather than hindsight is going to be 20/20. of c...

President gerald ford immediately ordered the abandonment of the airport and the switch to helicopters dangerously taking people from the tops of buildings to finish the evacuation. president ford immediately ordered the evacuation speeded up. the president never gave a thought to trying to avenge the deaths of those two marines or in any way expanding the evacuation or extending the deadline from vietnam. president ford speeded it up. but president ford did not tell us any of that at the time. president ford did not say a public word about the evacuation while it was going on or immediately a...

States did not say a word. when the last american helicopter left vietnam in april 1975 republican president gerald ford did not address the nation the way president biden did today and has done several times during the evacuation. president ford simply issued a written statement that was read aloud by his press secretary. it said in part, quote, during the day on monday washington time the airport at saigon came under persistent rocket as well as artillery fire and was effectively closed. the military situation in the area deteriorated rapidly. i therefore ordered the evacuation of all americ...