here. what s left unsaid is what some white house officials will privately concede and what democrats around the country will tell you was they did get caught flat footed in july by delta. they had an independence party on the lawn of the white house. what you are seeing now is you have to apply that lens to everything they re doing now. that 4th of july speech was seen as this success speech where we were. the other day for the macy s day parade, the president called in talking about how there s nothing the united states can t overcome. obviously, this is something that looms over that. how does he square the messaging with waiting to find out details but trying to prepare people for this? this is an area where the administration always projects a lot of confidence. many americans voted for president biden because they liked how seriously he has always taken the virus.
of us. when our 13 soldiers were killed, i was very angry, like so many. i banged on my piano. it didn t take shape, the song, until i got a call from a friend after our troops had left. she said i need to contact because i am organizing evacs for amcits. you re going to rescue americans we left behind. there was silence on the line. i couldn t believe we were living in that world. finally when the president gave his extraordinary success speech, i was hoping general milley and general austin would come out give us some clarity on it because i know that they knew that was not the case. they echoed the same. what a great airlift line, and narrative to distract from their failures. that scared me. i wrote those lines in the song
killed, i was very angry, like so many. i banged on my piano. it didn t take shape, the song until i got a call from a friend after our troops had left. she said i needt. to contact because i am organizing evacs for amcits. you re going to rescue americans we left behind. there was silence on the line. i couldn t believe we were living in that world. finally when the president gave his extraordinary success speech, i was hoping general milley and general austin would come out give us some clarity on it because i know that they knew that was not the case. they echoed the same.d what a great airlift line, and narrative to distract from their failures. that scared me. i wrote those lines in the song
verses. then when president biden gave his extraordinary success speech, i was stunned and i was hope general milley and general austin would come out and give us more realistic view. when they came out and echoed the same line in this extraordinary success, everything went fine, i was not only insulted, i was scared to death. the last few verses basically wrote themselves. and blood on my hands was a song. john: i tell you, it is a powerful song and very in your face song, in which you call out by name members of the administration and the military leadership. here is another quick excerpt and get you on the backside. blinken, can you look me in the eye? milley, tell me when did you decide this will defend your sacred motto now means never mind.