Absolutely appalled and literally horrified we left americans there. It was a Hostage Rescue of thousands of americans in the guise of a in operation. Doing his best to paint a rosy picture of. Its easy to secondguess but lets just be clear, america was in this war for 20 years and i think any effort to unwind and any effort to bring our troops out, any effort to end our Military Stands in afghanistan was going to be filled with heartbreaking scenes and difficulties, i think the biden administration managed that as well as it could be managed under the circumstances we were forced into. Greg the taliban showed off duct and millions of dollars of u. S. Military equipment and the biden administration is not ruling out working with the terrorist in the future. What is the taliban, are they are our friend ami, are they are adversary . Are they our enemy . What are they . Beco its hard to put a label on it. As far as our dealings with them in the past year or so, in war you do what you must
National Security Correspondent Jennifer Griffin starts us off from the pentagon. We saw in iraq what happened when the u. S. Declared a war over and pulled out troops leaving isis to grow e the u. S. Isnt done with afghanistan. As the taliban continue to Brandish American weapons captured from the Of A Dan Army when the government fell 17 days ago, those fighters expressed anger the u. S. Had disabled all of the military planes and helicopters at the airport before leaving. For the first time since The Last American Soldier left afghanistan, the Defense Secretary and chairman of the Joint Chiefs faced the press. They took just three questions. Including whether they might have to partner with the taliban in the future. I can tell you from perSonal experience that is a ruthless group from the past and whether or not they change remains to be seen. And as far as our dealings with them at that airfield in war you do what you most in order to reduce Risk Admission and force; not necessari
Private operations out of kabul the last several weeks. he called me undisclosed location out of afghanistan can you hear on the. will cain podcast. greg: i will have to start reading again if he called you a marxist. he must be on the ball. greg: special report suspect next. bret: kurt for 500. thanks, greg. welcome to washington. i m bret baier. the enemy of my enemy is my friend. it s an old saying that may have new relevance tonight for u.s. counter-terrorism policy. the nation s top military officer now says it is possible the u.s. will cooperate with the taliban in taking on other terrorist groups, most notably isis-k. chairman of the joint chiefs chairman mark milley says it s unclear whether the taliban has changed from the ruthless group it once was but new reports from the ground suggest the taliban in certain parts of the country is going back to its old ways