Chad, thank you very much, coming in on a saturday to update us. much appreciated, my friend. to congresswoman nicole malliotakis, new york republican who sits on the house transportation and infrastructure committee. congressman, what do you think of where this is all going right now? you know, neither side, progressives or moderates of the democratic party, appear to have gotten what they wanted right off the bat, but i would have to think that the progressives are feeling a little more cocky than are the mod candidates moderates. so where are republicans? well, i think this demonstrates the failure to bring this bill to the floor demonstrates that nancy pelosi and is president biden have cow i tow to the socialist kowtowed to the socialist wing of the party. i think that s the reason why you re seeing so many things in this country fail right now whether it be the economic issues, the inflation, the labor shortages, what s happening at the border, what happened in afghanistan.
Here including what s happening and the footnote/end notes, if you will, on afghanistan. all the president s top military commanders said they potentially overruled him. it s what they said next about the future of afghanistan that s the most alarming of all. after this. ms have a variety of stylish flooring you ll love for years to come. like stainmaster lifetime stain resistance limited warranty. order now, get your flooring installed with help from lowe s. home to any budget. home to any possibility. ighting for one goal, this one mission, life. i get to keep her. we get to have her and enjoy her. and she gets to grow up, which is the best gift anyone could ever give. do you have a life insurance policy you no longer need? now you can sell your policy, even a term policy, for an immediate cash payment. we thought we had planned carefully for our retirement. but we quickly
Neil: you know, impeachments were a dominant theme, you know, i was here again at fox from the very gunning, 25 years ago beginning, the very next year after our first year, in 1996, obviously, when we debuted, it was 1997, of course, the impeachment trial of bill clinton, capped last year by the impeachment efforts against donald trump. they both failed, ultimately, as did the ones against bill clinton back in 1997. but it was a recurring theme over these last 25 years that we ve seen when push came to shove part of the many stories we covered looking back on. they re significant then, there s significance today as we move forward. we have a lot of these little vignettes, goodies to show you just how much things change and sometimes how much they do not. for example, when it comes to things that startle, probably nothing more than the collapse of afghanistan brings home the point that someone made a huge mistake, and it was interesting
And the afghanistan situation is much same. as general milley said, the blame is across four presidents, ten secretaries, maybe as many commanders and chiefs of the joint staff, but reality is it s a policy decision. now, i think what the military can be faulted for is the rosy picture over the years that has been a painted by a series of general officers going to the hill saying, well, we re making progress. well, the reality is behind the scenes those of us that have been reading those reports know that that s not true. and i think too often our generals become politicized when hay they move into the e ring of the pentagon and go to capitol hill. they forget where they came, and that s dangerous for all of us. neil: you know, colonel, general milley was very clear that our problems with afghanistan aren t over simply because we ve left. leaving aside the people who are
Still trying to get out, that it could collapse into just total chaos. mentioning isis-k and other groups that now are flexing their muscles, taking on the taliban, and it will be a mess. do you agree with that? oh, i do. in 1981, interestingly, i was in the soviet union for a brief visit, and i saw afghan soldiers coming and going back to afghanistan. clearly, that nation lost because it s the wasteland of empires. what we saw, clearly, with what s likely to happen now having given a shot of adrenaline to the taliban is that we re going to see the resurgence of al-qaeda, isis k and a variety of other terrorist organizations much like we see in somalia, other places say in western africa with groups in nigeria and so forth. so this is not like it was 20