message to vladimir putin. this was about trying to decapitate isis and their leadership abdullah s leadership of isis. that s what this is about. to prevent this man and that organization from posing increased threats from our partners in the region. that s what this is about. look, we also i think showed very quite effectively showed the whole world that we do have this very unique, very precise, very capable military ability to go after terrorists and terrorist threats where and when we need to do that. sandra: god bless our troops. a senate gop report finally today blame ago lack of planning by the white house in the chaos surrounding the afghanistan evacuation. there s still great frustration with how that played out. i heard general keane going off on this just last hour as he has. how do you respond to that criticism? look, we ve been very honest
retaliation for what happened at kabul airport. the biden administration is going to have to make a decision about how they want to respond. they want to take out something like this that is a retaliation, it may have an impact on future planning and future operations. but this is not going to decapitate isis in any way, in that country. this is a response to send a message. or do they want to do something bigger? do they want to do something that would really have an impact on isis separation going forward? and the next big question they re going to have to answer is, do they want to make a bigger splash here, do they want to do it while there is still 5000 u.s. troops on there, or do they want to wait? u.s. troops are still on track for a full withdrawal by august 31st, just a couple of days away. but again, one thing that viewers should know is it is very clear that this specific strike tonight, this specific drone strike is a direct retaliation against isis k, for
he joins us now, first the report of the possibility that he could be dead, what we think of reports so far? i take anything the russians say with a huge grain of salt, it still has to be confirmed. if he s dead, i do think this will have an effect on the battlefield. it could precipitate the end of isis as a state as it s been calling itself, its capital is surrounded and u.s. backed forces are moving into the neighborhoods as we speak. most hole in iraq, the second city that isis controls has virtually fallen. let s see what comes after. i m worried about the day after the political solution there. isis will be done as a state but it will not be done as a movement and i expect to see it move into insurgency mode. i just wanted to say these attacks are necessary, to decapitate isis s leadership to
he joins us now, first the report of the possibility that he could be dead, what we think of reports so far? i take anything the russians say with a huge grain of salt, it still has to be confirmed. if he s dead, i do think this will have an effect on the battlefield. it could precipitate the end of isis as a state as it s been calling itself, its capital is surrounded and u.s. backed forces are moving into the neighborhoods as we speak. most hole in iraq, the second city that isis controls has virtually fallen. let s see what comes after. i m worried about the day after the political solution there. isis will be done as a state but it will not be done as a movement and i expect to see it move into insurgency mode. i just wanted to say these attacks are necessary, to decapitate isis s leadership to
secretary mattis. if the i just want to say is we have to deal with pakistan, no insurgency is going to be defeated as long as they are having a headquarters in pakistan. dana: pakistan has been very quiet, you don t read many articles about it used to be on front pages on the time to why is that? i think they re laying low and figuring out what the administration is going to do. i think we have to send a signal that they need to take action against the network, we don t really have a choice but to commit to these troops. there is a lot of handwringing about it, i understand that spirit but i want to make clear that if they tell a man retake afghanistan, isis and al qaeda will be in their way, they will attack the united states again and then what?