From 2009, and been laden was quote within our grasp s, but the administration let the sweet spot the decision allowed bin laden to emerge as a symbolic figure who continues to attract a steady flow of money and inspire fanatics worldwide. the failure to finish the job or presents it lost opportunity that forever altered the course of the conflict in afghanistan in the future of international terrorism. that report came 12 years ago, but it s now accepted wisdom that bush and company were obsessing over the next war anorak and diverted attention from afghanistan. they allowed al-qaeda to regroup. today it easy to point fingers when it comes to afghanistan, we re seeing a lot of that now. donald trump s fault because he struck a deal with the taliban, it s joe biden s fault because he pulled the troops out too quickly. but let s not forget that it all started with the guy who launched the so-called war on terror, george w. bush. yesterday, as the crisis was
Invasions of afghanistan and iraq. so they are the last people who get to say it s nothing to do with us it s not our problem. if you did not support the war in afghanistan maybe you could then justify saying none of this is on me. that will be cruel yes but kind of fair. but these two were pro war and now they re telling us the afghan people sorry are on your own. still, the worst hypocrite of them the worst of all maybe the former trump advisor stephen miller. he wrote on twitter over the weekend, it s becoming increasingly clear that biden is using is construct as a pretext for doing to america angela merkel did to germany in europe. referencing her decision to take over 1 million refugees in 2015. yet this is the same stephen miller his own great-grandfather came here in 1986 to escape anti jewish in belarus. stephen miller might not be alive today had the u.s. not
Years, every president that came after would doubled down on his failures, even joe biden, who in my view deserves support for pulling out of afghanistan, for anything that, wars even he messed up at the end. as biden was saying that the afghan government would likely not fail, intelligence assessment we re seeing the opposite. for 20 years, we tried and failed to defeat the taliban, and now we leave the country with the taliban emboldened and in charge, who is to blame? and will anyone ever be held in account for this monumental two decades old failure? jamil n. jaffer, he later served as a council to both the senate foreign relations committee and the house intelligence committee, he joins me now, thank you for coming on the show tonight. on december the 7th 2001, the new york times reported that afghans taliban militia agreed to surrender and would begin
Two parents and seven children. we got a very short notice. we found out on saturday they would resettle the family. we met them at the airport on sunday evening. so they are doing well. we are helping to connect them to services in the institute. and other services in the community. it is probably obvious, but it needs to be said that people had to leave very quickly. they have left behind most of the things that provide meaning in their life. this family was luckily they brought their children with them, but they have given up all their possessions, their profession, and it will be a big transition for them. massive i imagine. jane, walk us through the special immigrant visa program. how exactly does it work for the people who are trying to leave afghanistan?
Who are currently not vaccinated vaccinated, whether there is people here in the united states or around the world, remember variants like the delta variant, which are really causing great problems for us in the united states now emerging countries like india, where the disease was allowed to spread like wildfire and for our own national interest, we need to be spreading vaccine supplies around the world. yes we do and i think perception ali nothing says more global health and equity then millions of africans not even having one dose, and americans getting ready for our third. doctor céline gounder, thank you so much for your time and your analysis, we appreciate it. still to come, the humanitarian crisis in afghanistan, as the white house scrambles to provide answers about afghanistan, the fearmongering is in full force, my response to that next. e to that next comfortable by sensing your