We will not talk about numbers of troops. That is new for the american presidency. At no point tonight did the president clarify anything about what would actually change militarily for the United States in afghanistan. If this speech is meant to be interpreted as an increase in Troop Strength in afghanistan, its the first time a president has announced an increase in Troop Strength without actually announcing an increase in Troop Strength. As commander in chief, i have determined that it is in our Vital National interest to send an additional 30,000 u. S. Troops to afghanistan. After 18 months, our troops will begin to come home. These are the resources that we need to seize the initiative while building the afghan capacity that can allow for a responsible transition of our forces out of afghanistan. And here is how president george w. Bush described the Military Surge that he ordered in iraq. So uch committed more than 20,000 additional american troops to iraq. The vast majority of t
team who risked their lives to bring them to safety say the federal government had very little to do with it that comes as the taliban s reportedly preventing at least six planes at an airport in northern afghanistan from taking off. secretary of state tony blinken claims the taliban not blocking americans from leaving and said the biden administration is working with the terror group. they said they will let people with travel documents freely depart. we will hold them to that. so will dozens of other countries. the international community is watching to see if the taliban will live up to their commitment. without personnel on the ground we can t verify the accuracy of manifests, the identities of passengers, flight plans or aviation security protocols. so this is a challenge. jesse: and if you think the situation is bad in afghanistan now general mark milley says things can get a lot worse. my military estimate is that the conditions are likely to
$3.5 trillion spending plan. biden is said to give an address later this week on his next phase of the pandemic response as well. republicans are saying not so fast. i understand the administration wants to turn the page, they want this out of the news, they want to focus on their reckless three and a half trillion dollars spending bills but a lot of members of congress are not going to rest until every american and every legal resident of afghanistan can get out. and vice-president kamala harris will be out as well not to talk about afghanistan she will be in california helping gavin newsome for the recall election next week. president biden all he wants to build back better. he s leak can we just build back better? remember he just wants to talk about happy things. jesse: that s right happy things. you can t shift the focus if you re joe biden, he was never focus on afghanistan in the first place. he was focused on afghanistan we wouldn t have lost face lost marines and lost all
ourselves. i have one more thing but i ll save it for one more thing. dana: i was going to say i have one more thing to say on the world is watching. today when the taliban announced their government and cabinet, they re all on the u n terrorism watch list. greg: exactly. dana: is the world watching. jesse: who cares if the world s watchinging? who s the world anyway? i don t want to name specific chris but we know who we re talking about. greg: the world as an entity is overrated. jesse: right. have you seen the world? not too good. up next, president biden really trying to change the topic and is hoping the americans forget about the catastrophe in afghanistan.
system long-term. how do we make our infrastructure more resilient and at the same time paying attention to how we make sure people can stay in their homes in the aftermath of a storm like this. neil: good point. thanks very much. you re doing the yeomans work here. that hat hello everybody i m joyce with judge jeanine pirro, dana perino and greg gutfeld. it s 5:00 o clock in new york city and this is the five. president biden left americans behind in afghanistan and now his administration s being accused of stealing credit for getting people out. the state department says it helped facilitate the state s departure of a stranded american mother and her three kids but army veteran cory mills and his