worse problem for the american people. it s so weird to be in a position where you re hoping that the president was lying. because that would be a worse situation than the alternative. neil: i m wondering, too, so much came out of today s house hearing that didn t get nearly as much attention as the senate hearing. it was interesting to hear, you know, general milley talking about what is emerging as a very imploding afghanistan where you have isis k fighters and others competing to take down the taliban and just outright civil war for which we re little prepared to act because we don t have any troops there. any personnel there at all. what did you make of that? that s the most important concern that i have at this point. that we don t have this over the horizon capability that we hear about. we saw the first example of what an over the horizon capability would look like in a retaliatory
bombs to use against us and now, other groups in afghanistan are using roadside bombs to go after the taliban, having nothing to do with us. lieutenant general jerry boiken on this, the former undersecretary of defense. what do you make of this. the latest occurred overnight. one person was seriously hurt, it could have been many more and the likely culprit was one of these isis-k fighters, but we just don t know, but the target was the taliban vehicle. yeah, neil, remember, when we went into afghanistan in 2001 we joined forces with a group of tribes that were loosely knitted together by a common hatred of the taliban and we called them the northern alliance and you still have that faction that is very anti-taliban and they are, they still exist and they are going
first, it comes against the backdrop of a moment when the white house really as mika read from my story this weekend, they wanted to reset things. focus on the domestic agenda. they had a tough stretch there. the withdrawal from afghanistan, the evacuations became more of a success story, but the tumultuous images of the first day and the terrorist attack have dogged the white house to this point. even though public opinion still supports the withdrawal as a whole. and then we also have had a week s worth of rising covid cases. on friday as the president was going for a long weekend to get a break after his summer vacation was scuttled by the afghanistan crisis, three things happened within an hour of each other. stunning headlines one of another. first, the pentagon acknowledged the yes, a drone strike had not killed isis k fighters but civilians, including seven kids. it resulted in tragedy. second, the fda panel said that only seniors and only high risk
out how to get american safely out of afghanistan this will get worse and worse. that seems to be the fact that this point. i wish it was different but president biden has proven he is incompetent and able to provide the leadership america needs. when you were in afghanistan everything stopped with you, responsibility was with you, the accountability of your equipment. when you look at who is being held accountable, who should be held accountable for where we are and we recognize is important this drone strike happened at we are putting isis k fighters in the dirt, that s a good thing and the mission is ongoing going forward and we hope they are successful, but we could do the same time, recognize what maybe could have or should have been done better. is there accountability that needs to exist weather at the pentagon or the state department or the national security adviser? i ve got to tell you i was horrified to watch president biden yesterday, instead of
than an hour meeting with the israeli prime minister was here. concerns were rising that the u.s. military had with the operation and the taliban. the president said about the taliban, if they attack our personnel or disrupt our operation, the u.s. presence will be swift and response swift and forceful. we will defend our people with devastating force if necessary. that was about the taliban. it is unclear right now if that also applies to these isis k fighters if that is in fact who turns out to be responsible. we have multiple opportunities to see the president and also to ask jen psaki within the next hour and a half or so unless the schedule changes, bill. dana: peter, i m just seeing here from reuters reporting saying that u.s. officials says