there was just this moment where allen looks at me and says are they clear to engage and like everybody was suddenly quiet. i mean, i was going to authorize these f-18s to drop bombs on pickup trucks that were likely the enemy but, you know, what if i was wrong. and it was the silence that always sticks with me. you know, are they cleared to engage and suddenly all eyes are on me. i looked at alan, and i said, smoke em. and after i said the words it was just sort of where did that come, from smoke em ? i don t say shit like that. that s just not me.
in a hallway. he was going to the bathroom and i was walking to get some coffee, and it was just men trying to work with one another that didn t have any time for bullshit. even as all the tensions rose between the u.s. and hamid karzai, he still had a uncanny ability to hold things together over there. i think it was around 3:00 in the morning or so the f-18s spotted a small convoy of tcks heading north. so here are these f-18s flying overhead and they re calling for permission to engage. and that was when the war really became real.
everybody was somebody quiet. i mean i was i was going to authorize these f-18s to drop bombs on pickup trucks that were likely the enemy, but, you know, what if i was wrong? and it was the silence that always sticks with me. you know, are they clear to engage and suddenly all eyes were on me. i looked at allan and i said smoke em. and after i said the words i was like where did it come from, smoke em. i mean that s just not me. the thing we didn t realize is these trucks wuseren t the leadg edge of the convoy but the edge
i think it was around 3:00 in the morning or so that the f-18 spotted a small convoy of trucks heading north. so here are these f-18s flying overhead and calling for permission to engage. that was when the war really became real. there was justhis moment where allen looks at me and says are they clear to engage and like everybody was suddenly quiet. i was going to authorize these f-18s to drop bombs on pickup trucks that were likely the
and he s placed himself in a position, whether you know him well or not over snowe he s the president. i want to ask you another thing. the president says a lot of untrue things all the time. i m not going to say i know what is in his mind. yesterday he said finland is buying f-18s. they re not. that s a perfect example. it is tiring. fatiguing. it is bizarre to have a president who utters untrue things this much. i don t want you to be tired or fatigued. how do you deal with it? people often say things turn out not to be true. i remember president obama saying, if you like your doctor,