Weeks. 13 americans are dead. 20 more injured, Joe Biden has Sur Renikered to the taliban, americans have been left behind. Those who assisted us abandoned. There is now a new terrorist Safe Haven across afghanistan. And the world is less secure because we are witnessing the abSolutely devastating consequences of the president s massive foreign Policy Failure, his Der Rejection of duty. His smug rejection to face any accountability, and his utter refusal to admit his mistakes for what is now an undeniable catastrophe and the worst foreign Policy Failure in modern political history. And how is the biden team responding to all of this . Not by taking responsibility, not by admitting any of their mistakes, but by blaming others. My are predecesSor, the former president , signed an agreement with the taliban. We reached out 19 times to americans in afghanistan with multiple warnings. My predecesSor had made a deal with the taliban. We were left with a simple decision either follow through
Or thank you all for your service, because so many of these afghans, tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, have worked closely, have fought alongside and have died alongside American Military Service Men And Women over the past 20 years. And so i do think you will likely get some kind of response from afghanistan as the news of that speech trickles out, jake. So, dana bash, President Biden 13 days ago said that they would get every american out by August 31st and would stay longer if every american wasnt out. Obviously events overtook them. There was a Terrorist Attack, and the president said that it was the unanimous advice of his military and civilian advisers to withdraw August 31st. He said in addition in his speech just now that 90 of the americans who wanted to get out would get out and the administration was still going to work on getting them out, just not through military means. How do you think politically the american people are going to respond to that . It depen
As just gut wrenching scenes like this emerge, video showing an infant being passed over barbed wire, handed over the Kabul Airport Wall to u. S. Troops. As these desperate scenes play out, we are learning new details about an urgent classified cable that u. S. Diplomats sent to the State Department in mid July Warning that swift action needed to be taken or they feared possible catastrophe. This Morning President biden will be breesed on the latest from afghanistan and he will then address the nation a few hours from now. Well have more from Cnns Clarissa Ward on the ground at Kabul Airport in a few moments. Right now the u. S. Is warning embassy allies to escape afghanistan. Their safety just in terms of getting to the airport is uncertain. Officials say the Kabul Airport, quote, may open or close without notice. Cnns Kylie Atwood is live this morning from the State Department. Kylie, its clearly a very fluid situation there. U. S. Diplomats and u. S. Military reacting to the latest
Department warning as many as 15,000 americans stuck in taliban country they cant ensure safe passage to get them to the Kabul Airport and fly them out . You must demand that the mightiest force on the planet does not surrender its own to this kind of fate from a bunch of zealot thugs. [ gunfire ] thats what you want your countrymen to surrender to . The State Department should not be warning the desperate. The warning is a desperate one to the State Department and this administration. You had been do what you have to to get americans out. What does this country stand for, if not committing completely to protecting its own . Another bad sign, the administration seems to be allowing the taliban to dictate terms here. Were going to get everyone that we can possibly evacuate evacuated. And ill do that as long as we possibly can until the clock runs out or we run out of capability. We will get out as many as possible. Clock runs out when you say it runs out. And as many as possible is all
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