MSNBC Morning Joe August 17, 2021 11:18:00
Military saw the weaknesses in the whole afghan system, the afghan government, the corruption, the rottenness in the afghan military, yet kept telling us the opposite, that they were standing up this great fighting force that was, you know, second-to-none. turned out to be second to the taliban. that's for sure. look, you can, you know, everybody can be horrified and -- at and deplore the scenes we saw at the airport and you can question the way that u.s. forces left or abandoned bagram air force base. all of those sort of tactical decisions can and should be