the terror threat in afghanistan is still terribly real. let s bring in elliott abrams, former deputy national security advisor and representative foriran. one of the things that i ve always learned from you is that setting a date certain is a terrible idea and august 31st, who set that and why and look what happened? well, the answer dana is joe biden set that date and the proof of what a terrible idea is wasilewski the segment you did. we ll leave some american citizens and thousands of afghans who sacrificed to save americans, we will leave them hanging there for no particular reason other than joe biden chose august 31. first he chose september 11th, which was really crazy. it is a terrible, terrible mistake and he could have used the horrible events of yesterday to change the date but he is being very stubborn
operation. additionally more evacuees continue to arrive stateside and are moving to designated installations throughout north com. the north com commanding general will provide a more focused briefing on this extensive effort in his brief later today. in conclusion, i will reiterate what general mckenzie said yesterday. there are more than 5,000 u.s. service members in harm s way saving as many people as they can. it s a noble mission. we have seen firsthand how dangerous that mission is but isis will not deter us from accomplishing this mission. we appreciate your thoughts and prayers for all of our service members who are carrying on this mission today. above all, we remain focused on evacuating american citizens and other personnel designated by the department of state
the taliban know where isis k is located and if they aren t claiming responsibility shouldn t we demand that information before we leave? of course we should. whether the taliban has perfect information i doubt it. but they certainly know where the isis folks are. there have been times there was conflict the taliban attacked isis and they went after them from time to time for sure. it is not the case they re true partners but they share the theme that they want to kill americans and undermine us. i can t tell you precisely what happened yesterday and who did it but america s interests are making sure any radical islamist is pushed back and we secure or resources. we have just over 100 hours before we will have to extract 5,000 americans from this. this is a very dangerous time, a sobering day and i hope that we ll show the resolve and strength necessary to protect our american interests in the way that president trump and i did for four years.
protect americans. we didn t do that. we trusted america to protect america s interests at every turn. bill: you have the taliban, isis, haqqani and al qaeda. there was a devastating report from the u.n. back in the early summer. it suggests between 8,000 and 10,000 islamic jihadists flooded into the country of afghanistan which contributes more and more to this wicked stew of terrorists that are now free to roam. is there a hair s difference between any of those groups i mentioned? bill, there is. but they have a common theme. you hit on these. radical islamist terrorists who want to undermine our republic and like to kill westerners and americans in particular. in that sense they are all the same. they have different power struggles amongst them. they ll fight each other but in the end they all oppose america more than they oppose each other. bill: dana was touching on this. if the taliban just rolled through the country, doesn t
biden, is, is this on you? and the answer is yes. based on some of the reporting in the washington post , the white house was making the calls on this despite what the pentagon wanted and despite what commanders on the ground wanted. is that not right? that s correct. it is hard for me to believe his military advisors told him to close bagram before he got out all the allies and americans. i just don t see it. that s what he said yesterday. i think we are going to see a number of anonymous sources come forward with exactly what happened in those advising meetings. dana: i want to take a look back to july 8th where president biden said this. president biden: the likelihood there is going to be the taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely. dana: we just mentioned maybe some differences of opinion with the military but what about the intel side of