anyone that is looking what is happening right now knows this is not true. if you walk back from that the last half was a strawman. as if we were debating about whether we should get out or not. that litigation has been done for quite some time. he also presented a false choice of you have to leave or escalate. built around that strawman as well. for me, it was a lot of blaming. who did he blame? he spent a quarter of the speech blaming donald trump for where he is and then blaming suzette sens for not doing enough to get out of the country. i also go back to where he started. he talked about only the u.s. would have had the capacity to do something of this size and scale. emphasized the numbers time and time again. we ll get to the number of u.s. citizens. a lot of americans looked into their screen and said, only the united states would have had the capacity do not have to do it this way. there were so many decisions
with the nation with what is going on over there. so, i don t know what to expect from him. but i agree 100% this is a chance to say that the taliban failed and this august 31st is out the window and we are going to secure every american and get them out of there. it is a reset opportunity and hopefully, the president takes it. john: if the taliban were to launch an attack against u.s. forces trying to evacuate people, there would be a robust response. this appears to come from a separate group. we don t know if it was directed by the taliban or not. the former international security advisor believes that it may have been a strawman for the taliban. what do you think the response from the united states should
but right now, it is about protecting u.s. troops and getting this evacuation to continue. john: we thought that we had the sound from mcmaster, but we don t. he said, i wouldn t surprise if this is just a strawman who were organizing this attack to humiliate us further. and we were reminded yesterday of an ancient proverb. my brother and i against my cousin and my brother and i against the stranger. the taliban took no action to try and keep the suicide bomber away from these gates. listen, the taliban had a big ring around these gates.
advisor sargent mcmaster said this morning. i would not be surprised if this isis-k attack is just a strawman to organize the attack against us after we have surrendered to a terrorist organization. john: if it is another group maybe operating independently or a approximate scioscia for the taliban, then you can t pin it directly on the taliban. but how, given the warnings that were out there from the uk and others to get away from the airport, how can the taliban not be responsible for this attack? this is not an attack by the taliban is not helpful. i want to know how many of us were killed? were their families notified?
taking responsibility. this bombing and series of bombing may have been orb straited by the taliban as a strawman to try and humiliate the united states. if the taliban were to attack, it would respond. but if another organization, a proxy working on behalf of the taliban is responsible for these attacks, what is happening there? reporter: it is highly speculative. and yes, in this type of situation and isis-k are allies. the taliban knows if this attack were linked to them, the us would take action and they are