military and our diplomats and intelligence professionals. that was the choice, the real choice, between leaving or escalating. i was not going to extend this forever war. and i was not extending a forever exit. to those asking for a third decade of war in afghanistan, i ask, what is the vital national interest? it was time to end this war. we will maintain the fight against terrorism. we just don t need to fight a ground war to do it. and to isis-k, we are not done with you yet. the speech gets the broader outlines of his foreign policy, saying that the era of nation building is over. the president also noted that the u.s. would help evacuate the estimated 1 to 200 americans still in afghanistan, if they want to leave. the state department also think
on board planes and out of the country. but this was a president on the defensive. widely criticised for the way and apparent haste with which america withdrew from afghanistan, leaving some us citizens behind. biden insisted he was right to end the forever war and not to extend what he calls the forever exit. he laid the blame, in part, on donald trump, for doing a deal with the taliban, but also, with afghan government forces. the assumption was that more than 300,000 afghan national security forces that we had trained over the past two decades and equipped would be a strong anniversary in the civil wars with the taliban. that assumption, that the afghan government would be able to hold on, for a period of time beyond military drawdown, turned out not to be accurate. mr biden insisted america was my only interest was in making
c-17 cargo plane took off from kabul, president biden stepped into the dining room to talk about his vigorous defense of ending america s longest war. no nation has ever done anything like it in all of history. the extraordinary success of this mission was due to the incredible skill, bravery and selfless courage of the united states military and our diplomats and intelligence professionals. that was the choice, the real choice between leaving or escalating. i was not going to extend this forever war. and i was not extending a forever exit. for those asking for a third decade in afghanistan, i ask what is the vital interest? it was time to end this war.
weezliest, and that is why tonight little kevin worm, kevin the worm mccarthy, he s the absolute worst, just the worst and the wormiest. and that s tonight s reid out. all in with chris hayes, well, that starts now. tonight on all in. i was not going to extend this forever war. and i was not extending a forever exit. the president marks the end of war abroad as an elected republican suggests taking up arms at home. the tonight the growing backlash to a congressman s wild incitement and how kevin mccarthy is now threatening the january 6th investigation. then as the president speaks to the nation on afghanistan, how americans are embracing refugees of our longest war. plus 16 years after katrina taking stock of what did and did not fail in new orleans. if there s a silver lining
prepared to retake control of bagram airport to speak up the evacuation effort. a big reason is because we were playing to a deadline that the administration decided had to be honored. this is a point that biden insists on. leaving august 31st is not due to an arbitrary deadline. it was designed to save american lives. i was not going to extend this forever war. i was not extending a forever exit. this is going to be a pivot point in terms of perception and reality. and the ultimate story of what this means for president biden s fate and administration. kabul fell just 2 1/2 weeks ago. if we had stayed a month more, until you got out everybody, everyone you promised, would