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Transcripts for MSNBC The Rachel Maddow Show 20210831 04:46:00

That anyone that wants to, leave including americans who have aligned with the u.s., with targets on their back, to be allowed to leave when they want to. is that going to happen? it happened until the u.s. left militarily. but now it s a diplomatic mission, what leverage do we have? will they have some financial leverage. but basically, they have to make this happen by pressuring the taliban, with the finances, in trying to get pakistan around to keep their borders open. pakistan primarily does not have much leverage with iran. the pakistani border they have not made any commitment. there was a meeting of the five countries minus china surrounding afghanistan. and they have not said that they made a commitment to keep those borders open. in the past, pakistan has, but those roots are patrolled by the taliban. are they going to let people through? they know who the people are, who they suspect they know are involved with the americans. there are thousands and thousands of people, who w ....

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Transcripts for MSNBC The Rachel Maddow Show 20210831 04:06:00

Resourced invaders, keep losing wars there? is it because of something about the invaders? or is it because of something about afghanistan? think about, it the british tried three times and failed. it takes brass to call that a british possible i m. especially since they did iterate, they did learn from their previous mistakes a little bit. they did get a little better at fighting those words, with each successive invasion. they had war one, a do-over, then wore to a do-over, each time they got a little better, achieving a little bit of an itchy jake pointed them toward some sort of victory. but regardless, in the end, big picture, three times, three ross is. in russia knew the history when they themselves knew when they invaded themselves in 1970. nine maybe russia thought it was just something wrong with the british that made them fail and all their wars. we the soviet union will do a better. who thinks they can do a better ....

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Transcripts for MSNBC The Rachel Maddow Show 20210831 04:14:00

Of the mission today was an faa notice to airmen, which is noticed pilots worldwide, and it was blunt as all. in case it was not clear before. effective immediately hamid karzai international airport is uncontrolled. no air traffic controller airport services are available. aircraft operating into out of her through kabul should use extreme caution. taliban now controls the airport. over the past 17 days, the u.s. airlifts brought more than 122,000 people, out of afghanistan. to that single runway airfield. single largest non evacuation in the history of the u.s. military. by a lot. president biden tonight said this in his statement, ahead of what s expected to be a major speech of the nation tomorrow. he said quote, i want to thank our commanders and the men and women serving under them for their execution of the dangerous retrograde from afghanistan is scheduled. in the early morning hours of ....

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Transcripts for MSNBC The Rachel Maddow Show 20210831 04:10:00

The country will try to heal what gorbachev called, a bleeding wound. nbc news, near the afghan border. february 15th 1989. remember we talked about the length of time between all the various british invasions of afghanistan, those three different wars. 30 5:40 years between them. how long does it take to forget? how long does it take to decide to do it again? today marks roughly 32 and a half years, 12,000 days. since the soviet withdrawal from afghanistan, the end of that war, and the end of today of ours. good afternoon everyone. i m here to announce the completion of our withdrawal from afghanistan. in the end of the military mission to evacuate american citizens, a country nationals and vulnerable afghans. the last c-17 lifted off from ....

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Transcripts for MSNBC The Rachel Maddow Show 20210831 04:01:00

With russia, instead of them, giving russia too much influence in a place where britain thought that they should be in charge. so in 1839, the brits invaded afghanistan, they tried to install their own, guy who they had handpicked to run afghanistan. who they thought would make afghanistan more closely aligned with them. the british army state for several years, fighting that war, but in the end that did not work out. the brits left in 1842. but then, 30 5:40 years later, the british army tried again. the brits were freaked out all over again, that a place they thought out to be aligned with them, was actually more inclined toward russia, same thing that has driven them 30 5:40 years before. in so in 1878, the british invaded afghanistan again. and again they installed their own handpicked guy. this time for a hot minute they actually thought they had one. in that afghanistan would have a long term alliance with britain, which is what they were seeking in that first and ....

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