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Month, an operation intended to target isis-k in afghanistan. joining us now are nbc news digital senior white house correspondent shannon pettypiece and former supreme allied commander at nato and msnbc contributor admiral james stavridis. shannon, what can we expect in the wake of the air strike and withdrawal? that s what world leaders will be listening for, not just the chaotic nature of this withdrawal that led to the drone strike on civilians and that left a number of allies blindsided throughout the withdrawal process, but also the bigger question of what it says about where america s place is in the world and how more broad ly president biden sees america playing a role in the world. largely it sounds like the administration and the president are going to look for this to move past afghanistan. ....
Repeatedly tried to deflect responsibility away from the bite in it ministration. he has tried to blame the former admits ration of donald trump, which initiated the withdrawal process with that though deal in 2020. on that, here s a democrat congressman speaking to the bbc. but i disagree with the biden administration, and i said so yesterday, is that i do not believe that president biden was obliged to pick up where president trump left off. yes, it is true we would have needed, with our allies in nato, to reinforce the very small remaining garrison that we had in afghanistan, but i think that would have been worth the manageable cost, and what we have now is absolute disaster and tragedy for the afghan people, and i believe for american western interests. , ., believe for american western interests interests. the question of responsibility interests. the question of responsibility is interests. the question of| responsibility is something interests. the question of - responsibi ....
Criticized withdrawal process that has left 13 u.s. service members dead and at least 100 american citizens and thousands of afghan allies who helped the u.s. trapped in afghanistan. president biden called the u.s. evacuation a, quote: extraordinary success. the president took responsibility for the operation during an address this afternoon at the white house. one day after the final u.s. service member left afghanistan. he says he is committed to getting the last americans home in a diplomatic way but one republican congressman a former green beret, says those americans and those afghan allies are now hostages. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off tonight live from the north lawn. good evening, jackie. good evening, bret. president biden defended the withdrawal saying the august 31st deadline wasn t arbitrary but a decision kept to save american lives after 13 u.s. service members were killed in a suicide attack last week. but, on the first day, without help from ....
You were in the room for a lot of these conversations, i am disappointed in mark milley. with all due respect to his prior military service, he still a public servant and powerful one at that right now. he s seeming to imply affect the decision to abandon, which is actualizing that he went along with us. you remember him saying anything like that when you are working in the trump administration? no. when he was working for us, he was with the intelligence, he knew the posture al qaeda and isis posed in afghanistan during our withdrawal process and he knew command-and-control, that could not be cut off, cannot cut off the head of our operations if you want to manhunt al qaeda and terrorists and safeguard citizens. he was in the room the secretary of defense and director of national intelligence, the room being the of office and we made the right call based on the intelligence, you cannot or ....
Works. you were in the room for a lot of these conversations, i am disappointed in mark milley. with all due respect to his prior military service, he still a public servant and powerful one at that right now. he s seeming to imply affect the decision to abandon, which is actualizing that he went along with us. you remember him saying anything like that when you are working in the trump administration? no. when he was working for us, he was with the intelligence, he knew the posture al qaeda and isis posed in afghanistan during our withdrawal process and he knew command-and-control, that could not be cut off, cannot cut off the head of our operations if you want to manhunt al qaeda and terrorists and safeguard citizens. he was in the room the secretary of defense and director of national intelligence, the room being the of office and we made the right call based on the intelligence, you cannot or ....