pete: after the u.s. retaliates and kills a terrorist another attack and i entered afghanistan is likely but as an threat grows is the drone strike enough? will: the taliban is locked and loaded as u.s. military equipment is politically panel who have all served in the military will weigh in.
you can t. you and i know having served and having been there many times, you can t sustain it that way. this is why giving up bagram was a colossal mistake, why we gave up the position we had before we got every american out of the country and gave up bagram airfield where we could have flown the strikes directly on the ground, it s not sustainable, we can t keep it up. i m glad the strike occurred, it was a success tonight but it will take a lot more of these strengths to eliminate the isis k threat to be successful down the road. how long is it before the underground sources we had that have been central to evacuating so many american citizens and afghan partners over the last few weeks, how long is it until those relationships ultimately runs dry and aren t as effective where we have connections, have until operations and agents capable of cultivating sources that led to the fact that this
al qaeda was known for slamming their attacks against us. isis is more decentralized, we don t know that i we successfully targeted. i applaud the successful counterterrorism operation i have no doubt at the very most he was responsible for strategically directing isis but the network that was mounting the attack, this kinetic strike we launched, the network that was targeting us in kabul that continues to represent a threat, we have not eliminated that threat and i feel that we won t. we should those maps of afghanistan. in my opinion the afghan national security forces our house of cards built around the construct that this had been a nation, a functioning government, a pluralistic, the idea that afghans from all corners work together to defend
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isis k has a pretty wide reach and maybe they re planning from there, the bigger threat is in the city gates of kabul and how it attacks or military members. will: it was ariel and on the ground intelligence surveillance led to the strike its goods to see the united states on the offensive some extent. it is enough of the extent we can have a conversation if it goes out the coming days. the prospect of another attack is imminent right there at the gates. rachel: what most people are wanting to see is allowing our troops to go in and get our americans. probably more so if this is somebody involved and they had really good intelligence on bother getting them, and leaves me a little dissatisfied. pete: is not sufficient but at this point the postures written, the biden administration decided is awkward to be the way to do it although there has been some covid operations many and wished they would never acknowledge