Launched in october of 2001. This was just a few hours ago at the president ial palace in kabul. The taliban militants sitting at the desk of the president , the former president , we should say. A clear sign the war for afghanistan is essentially over. Meantime, President Biden is sending an additional 1,000 troops to protect the airport. One of the last places in afghanistan that is not under ban control. Take a look right here. This is scene at the airport tonight. A mad scramble to get out of kabul before it is too late. But no one can say if there are days or just hours before the last plane departs, leaving afghan people to an unknown fate. Events are moving with lightning speed tonight. Time evacuate americans from afghanistan is running out and the pentagon is already making some tough choices. Im joined now by orrin lieberman. On sunday they said there were 500 staff evacuated but a number to go. The total number that need to be evacuated from the embassy is 4,000. At some poi
And any of their forces that came within 50 miles of the city would be destroyed then leave. what is your response to now the u.s. curtailing flights for afghan allies so that u.s. citizens can get out of afghanistan, it s at this point right now? well, let me be just as clear eyed as i can be. it was a stain. it is a stain on our nation s integrity and honor a few months ago, we were not meeting our obligation to the men and women, our afghan allies that served alongside us as interpreters and other aids in this war. we owe them the special immigrant visas. we owe them safety every bit as much as we owe the safety to our embassy workers in kabul. so to see this unfold and to see us leaving these allies high and dry to effectively be hunted down and assassinated and lord knows what will happen to their families and extended families
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The concern there. i want to show what you anthony blinken said this morning. president biden is intent on avoiding a saigon moment. that is the humiliating exit from vietnam. with the troop surge, are not we already in the midst of a saigon moment? no. we re not. remember, this is not saigon. we went to afghanistan 20 years a ago with one mission. that was to attack the people who attacked us on 9/11. even the images are evocative of what happened in vietnam. let s take a step back. this is manifestly not saigon. but look at these pictures. on the left you see the famous picture of the helicopter fleeing the sim in saigon. on the right. another helicopter, another u.s. embassy but that s this morning in kabul.
Launched in october of 2001. this was just a few hours ago at the presidential palace in kabul. the taliban militants sitting at the desk of the president, the former president, we should say. a clear sign the war for afghanistan is essentially over. meantime, president biden is sending an additional 1,000 troops to protect the airport. one of the last places in afghanistan that is not under ban control. take a look right here. this is scene at the airport tonight. a mad scramble to get out of kabul before it is too late. but no one can say if there are days or just hours before the last plane departs, leaving afghan people to an unknown fate. events are moving with lightning speed tonight. time evacuate americans from afghanistan is running out and the pentagon is already making some tough choices. i m joined now by orrin