japan joined us against china. is there a feeling that the taliban will join us against isis. it was a absolute marriage of necessity the last two weeks to deal and negotiate with the taliban and provide security at the perimeter at the airport. that s not a relationship i envision continuing. i believe the way the u.s. military sees it is that the taliban and isis will go at it now. the u.s. will keep an eye on things and make sure nobody leaves the country and poses a threat to the u.s. home land or other countries. but as long as they re engaged on the ground in afghanistan from the military perspective that s a good thing. you heard general mckenzie say the taliban were pragmatic and business like. those were his words the last two weeks. the taliban wanted the u.s. to leave. general mckenzie met with the
polish a turd. what have they done saved their own afghan allies. we did that. fox got 24 out. multi that by thousand of people isn t this the same as vietnam, major. how many vietnam vets personally coordinated because the government wouldn t not the a evacuation but the of course it s there. talk to vietnam vets it per sits and it s a problem. we watch officials selling us as this is the most historic airlift we have ever seen. first of all the 123,000 is to be a giant debate. we were hasting and such a fraught process that the amount of people we brought through that shouldn t qualify to get through was immense. what is that vetting process like. who takes care of them. the afghan allies and american citizens that are still left behind, by the way soon to be
these allies, afghan allies siv holders out. they did not do that. they went back in after a difficult circumstance. they fought their way back in. recontrolled an airport. got 122,000 people including 6000 americans to safety. now the numbers of americans left, i m not diminishing the fear that any of those americans may feel now. again some of them are people who are older afghans with duel passports who have never been to the u. states and prefer to stay in their village outside of kabul they feel secure. some maybe pregnant american women who have duel passports that they decide to stay. i can t say for certain. what i can say is what i saw behind the scenes here at the pentagon and the non profit groups i have worked with over the years. i know pete has worked with. this was a unbelievable american
impoverished place. the taliban is like 18 different groups, the ethnic differences in afghanistan. you have all of these different groups who think they have pry prymacy. i think if china hits this tar baby their hands stick to it. kate.y. i want to ask jennifer another question. she s not here. she mentioned ngos and private organizations helping, pete you can talk about this too. it s incredible to see ace result of this crisis happening so quickly and people caught off guard. operation pineapple express veterans went over knowing the streets of kabul they went and found their guys and got them
let s attack the bad guys, let s bomb them. let s get this. come on, team. let s charge up. i didn t say that. that is what this is. no, everybody here everybody hates losing a war. nobody likes losing a war. i m you can t read my mind. this is the leverage we. have afghanistan doesn t have a dollar in the bank. they can t pay china will ru the day they take over afghanistan as a puppet state. they will have the same face as anyone else. afghanistan has a government. how do they pay to put the lights on. how do they pay to pick up the garbage? how do they pay the teachers? there are no teachers. how do they pay the taliban warriors. garbage collection. you think they care. day care centers.