MSNBC Alex Witt Reports August 21, 2021 16:45:00
>> we signed a surrender agreement to the taliban. >> you're talking about mike pompeo? >> yes. this collapse goes back to the capitulation agreement of 2020. the taliban didn't defeat us. we defeated ourselves. >> joining me now, political strategist and biden campaign consultant and a lease jordan, msnbc political analyst. she also worked at headquarters for the nato led mission in kabul. as i welcome you both, elise, you spent time in kabul. was this deal a surrender? do you see an alternative to what went down? >> surely it was a weak deal. we had no room to negotiate, we had no leverage, ...