MSNBC Alex Witt Reports August 15, 2021 18:17:00
There was an extension, which i think is reasonable. again, the reality here is that this didn't collapse, the government didn't collapse. the security forces didn't collapse in a wholesale fashion just in these last days. it has been a steady erosion of capacity, both political capacity from kabul and military capacity. i would just note it's important what one of your previous presenters mentioned. that is that most of the cities of afghanistan did not fall by force of arms. they fell by political deal. this is as much of a political collapse as a military collapse. >> if there was a politic...