the worlds most wanted terrorist was upped the deputy during the 9/11 attacks and became the successor following bin laden staff during the us counterterrorism. he continued to pose an active threat to us persons in national security as president biden has said we will not allow afghanistan to bring a safe haven for terrorists who might bring harm to american homeland for the we met that this action demonstrates without american in harm s way we still remain able to identify and locate even the worlds most wanted terrorist and take the action to remove him from the battlefield. that is the definition of this mission of when we talked a year ago over the horizon capability. what we did this past weekend is a perfectly clean example of what that capability looks like. ito taiwan,
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know, we are looking over the horizon capability and relentlessly focused ensuring that we are staying on top of any threats about our homeland. that s what this decision today was about. that s what the brave and incredible execution of our military of this action today or overnight, i should say, has done for the world. it s made it s all a little different. before we turn to the moon shot, a raid close to turkey. our allies were critical here. how much more american intervention should we expect in syria in the future, kate in. reporter: you re right that syrian democratic forces with an integral part of this process. president biden believes we are stronger when we work closely with our allies. we do that across the world. and he is never going to hesitate to take on any threat to our homeland. we could not do that without the help of our partners. you heard him talk about that in his remarks just a few minutes
this violent crime is primarily a local law enforcement problem. yes, big city mayors and pas, some of them have utterly failed to. him the fact is that no president can solve crime on the streets of new york and chicago, los angeles, san francisco. you can throw some money but police departments don t know what to do. john: let s go to the hajji abdullah raid, here s what president biden said. last night s operation took a major terrorist leader of the battlefield and sent a strong message to terrorists around the world. we will come after you and find you. john: your thoughts on this. on the surface it looks good but people have some concerns that we couldn t do it everywhere, particularly afghanistan. remember the over the horizon capability we were promised in afghanistan has not emerged. i applaud the president for this raid which demonstrates that islamic terrorism continues to be a great threat to our national security and i think
respect that decision that was made not to hit this with a £500 or larger bomb, which they could ve done, but again, because of the presence of women and children and others, innocent civilians, a decision was made to go in and actually take him out and they did that with characteristic efficiency and expertise. that with characteristic efficiency and exaertise- that with characteristic efficiency and exertise. ~ , and expertise. when they withdrew from kabul. and expertise. when they withdrew from kabul, the and expertise. when they withdrew from kabul, the president - and expertise. when they withdrew from kabul, the president said - from kabul, the president said regarding counterterrorism that the united states had developed in over the horizon capability. is this evidence that that can work? this is evidence that that can work? this is evidence of evidence that that can work? this is evidence of very evidence that that can work? this is evidence of very significant - evid