recall, neil, when mask mandates were implemented and there were some businesses that simply stayed we re not going to enforce a masking requirement on customers that come into our shop. and if you can imagine the pushback that that generated, i think that would be a quantum leap upward if they r required to check for proof of vaccination and the like. i m not saying that that couldn t be done and in some cases a matter of sense for public safety. if you re talking about the broad scale mandates, you would see a lot of pushback and difficulties in insurance compliance. you know, the more spikes in cases we get, if you think about it though, tom, the more these issues are going to keep coming up which explains why americans are exasperated by the latest wave and what they see, down them. and i always think there s going to be a collective of no. the answer is no on everything you re telling us to do. no. what are their legal rights? right. and look, it s it depends on
prepared to stand up for itself. it demonstrates not only was it the right decision that president trump made to negotiate with the taliban, president biden made to follow through, but it s the right thing to do to get out. as hard as it is to watch, this is the right decision. neil: so i guess the argument has always been, our 20-year presence there, we didn t get any follow-up attacks on u.s. soil. there were attempts, but we didn t they never materialized. now the fear is the taliban takes control of the country and if that happens, we re in danger. are we? i mean, there s always a risk in everything you do and in international relations, you know, there are lots of people throughout the world in places besides afghanistan who want to kill americans and some of those governments aren t friendly to americans. we can t occupy every single patch of land that, you know, that the taliban or al-qaeda or isis might plan something from, but the fact of the matter is that most of the terr
moves they re making, it s still et right thing to do. for those of us who believe that, we ve got to follow through. it s the right thing to do, it s hard to watch. ultimately we put in 20 years of supporting this afghan government and for the last year, we ve been talking about the game plan, the exit plan, right, for a year and a half, since february and the signal that the leadership of the the political leadership of afghanistan, the military leadership of afghanistan, the law enforcement didn t take the time to say, hey, this is really going to happen and we ve got to get ourselves together. they continued to believe we would support them forever. as hard as it is to watch, this is what the american people chose. our polling indicated more than half of americans wanted to get out of afghanistan and two-thirds of veterans indicated consistently they wanted out of afghanistan. this is just the hard part to watch. this is just the pain point from making the right decision. neil: al
harm s way, lucas. lucas, they will have the right of self-defense and they will be armed. lucas: mitch mcconnell wants the u.s. to ramp up airstrikes and some u.s. veterans want to pull americans out and level the embassy, neil. neil: thank you. the white house and the reaction we are getting from there even though the president is not there as we speak. kevin corke with the latest, hey, kevin. kevin: all the days to have strong explanation for not only what we are seeing happening in afghanistan, but what you plan to do about it, most certainly this would be the day to do just that. right now here at the white house it is all quiet although, yes, the president has made his way up to camp david and yet still americans are wondering especially with all the headlines what will come of that massive investment that we have made collectively not just in blood but also in treasure over the past 20 plus years. obviously a lot of people have
department. sensitive documents now being destroyed in the diplomatic compound that cost over 700 million to build and in a speech to his nation, ghani vowed not to give up on the achievements over 20 years. and the taliban has taken half of the capital. officials say it s now crumbled. and the 3000 just troops in kabul by the end of the weekend to evacuate thousands of americans. months ago the u.s. had 2500 troops on the ground in afghanistan and now roughly the same number coming back and insisting they hold the upper hand. you say afghan forces have the advantage. what proof do you offer? the resistance that they ve faced has been insufficient to stop and check those events and it does not mean, lucas that the advantages aren t still there.