let's say, just a thousand american hostages, and the communist chinese are the ones that are going to act as a protective power for "safe passage," that is the ultimate humiliation, and incompetence that is at every level of this administration, it goes to the top of the pentagon, the top of the state department, the top of the cia. the incompetence is extraordinary.y. i hate to say that because every minute of my time in uniform, i was proud of the people who i reported to. the fact is, we no longer have people like that in our government. >> sean: all right, colonel, we appreciate you, as always. thank you, colonel oliver oliver north. joining us with a reaction from a former white house press secretary, fox news secretary, ari fleischer. hn former acting director of national intelligence, ric grenell. ric, it's interesting, we do have a defense department, they are fighting back saying oh, we absolutely warned you. we have a state department memo, and now, we have a u.s. diplomat memo, all warning that this was becoming imminent a month ago. the question is, didn't take -- all you needed to do is really watch the news.