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you're a few miles from the ramstein airbase. that is where 14,000 afghan evacuees are awaiting word about their next destination. there is a screening process. do we know how long that takes and where they're all going? >> reporter: yeah. ideally it would only take 48 hours. the reality is many people were there for as long as a week. they are living in basic shelters. these are tents with cots for beds. there are toilets, but no real showers. so it has been very tough for some of the families that are there. the good news is that the commercial flights that are bringing them to the states have picked up. so now we're seeing as many as ten a day going out, and i believe the total number that have been brought from ramstein airbase to the u.s. is now 10,000. but as you point out, there are still 14,000 at the base, so they really need to start processing people more quickly, try to get them out as soon as they can. because remember, the airbase actually has an agreement with germany. they can only keep evacuees here for a maximum

judge: why would they possibly say we believe an airbase? so we can man and embassy? what is the embassy doing? >> all i can say they will be talking about this military classes for the next thousand years of what not to do. the first thing you shouldn't do is take out the military leaving civilians behind bog room was a great evacuation platform with multiple runways it's in the middle of nowhere and you can take the airbase tonight if you wanted to if you had any will militarily we can take bog airbase and it's very close to the resistance they are about 30 kilometers away then you have a footprint to continue to get people out and then make the taliban's life difficult. but we are choosing to do none of that. it is a dark and despicable and depressing chapter in american history. judge: not only depressing that shocking. absolutely shocking this is not the american those of leaving americans behind. the whole concept. boris johnson from the uk today asked specifically that the united states not recognize the taliban as the legitimate leaders of afghanistan and said

military to retake bagram airbase north of kabul. we left bagram in the middle of the night early in july. critics of the president say we need bagram to help get people out, but administration officials say it's not going to happen, after being pressed multiple times about maybe using one of those runways to have planes e vk wait innocent people -- evacuate innocent people. the president also spent sometime meeting with fema officials to receive the latest updates on hurricane ida, expected to hit louisiana as a category 4 hurricane tomorrow. tomorrow marks 16 years that hurricane katrina made landfall has many people concerned in the gulf coast. the president says he is ready to respond with federal funds and already issued an emergency declaration meaning a lot of money, millions of dollars ready for louisiana should they take a serious front. it looks like that may happen, unfortunately. jon? >> jon: david spunt from white house, thanks. >> thanks. >> jon: for more on the situation in afghanistan, let's bring in national security

airbase posting thousands of afghan evaporates. laura is live with more on the protest from coast-to-coast organizers say today's organizations for raise awareness not only for the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the country but also highlight what they say is the urgent need for action for afghans in their home and refugees coming here. any on hand at the new york demonstration would have family stranded in afghanistan sharing their stories and what the efforts have been like to get their loved ones out of arms right. new york to san francisco i ate her cities holding large-scale public these offense. there are 30 like this around the globe with 13 countries participating today including france and greece. as more afghan refugees are evacuated by the day, demonstrators are sounding off calling on the u.s. government and international community to commit to an open door policy for refugees by removing water limits and expediting processing for special recess and visa applicants. >> we as human beings have a mandatory duty to the cou

the first flights have arrived at ron stein airbase. -- ramstein airbase. which will allow us to make sure we are able to maximize that flow. what we want to do, the metric we care about is how many people we are able to relocate, to bring to safety, whether that is americans were repatriating to the united states, whether it is third country nationals whose relocation we are facilitating, or at risk afghans. in many cases, sib applicants will be brought to the united states. in some cases, we've heard generous offers of support from allies around the world, who will be willing to host at risk afghans as they undergo that processing. >> [indiscernible] price: we will have a statement from the secretary. he will be able to add offer some additional detail on this. many of these individuals have been going to doha today. the first flights have arrived at ron stein airbase. --ramstein airbase. flights from bahrain. there are a vast number countries that have offered to host at risk afghans, american citizens or third country nationals. >> as of today, there's

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our embassy and bagram airbase, that would be considered an interruption, stealing our equipment, that would be an interruption, zero response, and i just say that about him, his words are empty. we know that. his head is empty. and his heart is empty. and it's costing our friends lives. >> laura: congressman greene, we have 13 american families -- the larger american family, obviously, his grieving -- but we think of the 13 american families, all of their friends, all of the fellow service members who are grieving tonight. and yet, joe biden actually says that bagram -- when they look back, well, we didn't really need bagram airbase. watch. >> i asked whether best military judgment, what would be the most efficient way to accomplish the mission? they concluded, the military, that bagram was not much value added. that it was much wiser to focus on kabul. and so, i followed that recommendation. >> laura: is it just me, or was joe biden speaking at like three paces to slow today? it's weird. he comes across weird, like he is totally disconnected from the content of what he is saying. but

military clause to bagram airbase and they pulled all the cia base is out. they don't have an intelligence network anymore because all those people who helped the u.s. government are in hiding. they may be of the strike at some empty training camp somewhere in the province, but it's going to be very difficult to go after these groups now that u.s. military -- the u.s. military can't even leave the airport right now, no less go into crowded areas where the isis cells are likely operating in hiding. isis is now in the capital. this is a very dangerous mission and my heart breaks for the marines and the paratroopers who are standing watch tonight at the kabul airport. >> bret: jennifer griffin, live from the pentagon, thank you. if talking about bagram air base bagram air base, been there very many times. i know it well, take a listen. >> badly damaged hanger here at bagram air base, they told secretary roosevelt the u.s. military effort in afghanistan provided the help of most afghans wanted. they reiterated the u.s. military effort was always about reading th

airbase in germany, one of the biggest outside of the united states. soon, capable of taking in up to 7,500 people from this unprecedented airlift. 521st air mobility operations wing commander, colonel adrian williams. >> it's enormous because it is such a huge humanitarian mission but i can tell you on each of those c-17s, we have gone from 75 passengers onboard all the way up to 400. >> reporter: so as you can see behind me there, that's a c-17 globemaster and these are the flights that have been coming in and out of the airbase bringing passengers. one just landed and what happens is passengers disembark. they're brought here by bus and the first person they meet is a uso imam. they are given a welcome to the airbase and then they proceed through medical checks, as well as security checks. then, they are brought to a holding area where their i.d.s are checked. then finally, they will be able to get to their temporary living quarters here on the base. this is an all-hands-on-deck effort between the u.s. air force, army, as well as more than 1,500 civ

that effort is continuing at the airbase here in germany. we'll be on the base tomorrow to see how the process is done before the refugees are sent to america to various bases around the country. liz, back to you. elizabeth: good to see you, ashley, thanks for the terrific journalism. reporter: thank you. elizabeth: heartbreak, they could not get out as ashley reported, hundreds of americans who wanted to leave 69 growing calls from democrats and republicans demanding the president delay the withdrawal until all americans are safely evacuated. keep troops there. the pentagon saying that is not doable. leader mccarthy a long shot with a bill that needs 218 votes. this is serious tragedy. joining us florida congressman michael waltz and steve capper a naval expert. congressman, they couldn't get hundreds of americans who wanted to get out, hundreds of americans who wanted to leave, thousands of afghan allies too. what do you say to this. >> i say president biden lied to the american people. he said he would get everybody out and he didn't. jus

world and you took people out immediately and now we don't have that, what did you leave at the tran14 airbase that we probably had anywhere in the world, give us the inventory because they have it somewhere in the probably sitting it and not releasing them for a reason, they don't want us in the world to know exactly the true danger and it really goes back to unfortunately an issue of optics on two fronts, number one i fully believe that the administration did all of this because they wanted the optics of being out of afghanistan to 9/11 speech coming up this year, i fully believe that's why they conduct this in a reckless way but now the optics because they don't want this to look as they said like a combat mission, puts her service members in the most dangerous possible situations, we know that historically when optics have the most important thing to those in charge like in the bombings in beirut in many instances in vietnam that's what gets her service members killed and that's what so dangerous about the situation. maria: unfortunately i would have to agree that this administration is al

jim, as you, know lots of talk about that garden spot of the high desert bob maher airbase. mostly in the media and on social media. i will play for you the portion of today's event where the paul -- president was asked about the airbase. >> did you personally reject a recommendation to hold, or to recapture, the airspace? >> they concluded, the military, we that bagram was not much of value added, and it was much wiser to focus on capitol. so i followed that recommendation. we >> hear, now for both chairman members of our audience, some of the republican critics on the same topic. >> i think we should reach more airfields throughout the country. that will take troops on the ground, it will take a complete reassessment of our strategy. but the military can do. it >> would i personally would like to say, andrea, is the united states take back the airport, we should not have a banded it and bagram. >> we are going to expand this operation, i would get every single american out. and i would start killing bad guys. >> we jim, you want to give folks a reality check on what it wou

it is so sad and a lot of people have been questioning why did we willingly give up the bagram airbase, we don't have clear answers, john kirby on this yesterday on reopening, why we are not reopening. >> why not reopen bag subbarao airbase, bringing people out from kabul, it is a joke point. >> it will not be a useful expenditure of our time to monday morning quarterback - >> i'm not talking monday morning quarterback in but why not look at the situation now that you need airfields you can land on to get people out? >> it would be an expenditure of resources and personnel as well as an increase most likely to the threat they are under to try to go back and as you put it retake tagram airbase which is the size of a small city. carley: it also has more runways so people would be able to leave afghanistan at a quicker rate. sound like a solution to the problem but the president doesn't want to do it because it would take a military mission which would put troops in danger and that is why he pulled out of afghanistan so no american troops would be in danger. laura logan was on with tucker

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airbase in germany. for the afghans, it's the first stop on their way to a new life far from home. cbs' holly williams reports from landstuhl, germany. >> reporter: at this giant u.s. military airbase, they're doing their best to feed, care for, and entertain thousands of evacuees from afghanistan. >> their entire life possessions might be in a plastic shopping bag. it certainly helps to put things in perspective. >> reporter: this is just a way station for the afghan evacuees. they'll stay here a few days before flying elsewhere, very likely the u.s., to start a new life. rahmat safari worked as an interpreter for u.s. special forces. if you hadn't gotten out, you worked with u.s. special forces, what would the taliban have done to you? >> they would have killed me right away. >> reporter: he told us his family owed their lives to a former green beret who became a friend. >> his name is greg adams. he is back in the united states. he helped us a lot. >> reporter: major greg adams is now a civilian. from his home in seattle, he remotely guided rahmat, and other afghan interpreters,

throw your rank on the tablg and say, hey, it's a bad idea to evacuate bagram airfield, a strategic airbase, before we evacuate everyone. >> reporter: bagram airfield was the largest u.s. base in afghanistan and housed 5,000 prisoners, including isis terrorists. after the americans left last month, the taliban moved in and set the prisoners free. >> i would have checked and maintained the bagram airfield. >> reporter: republican leader kevin mccarthy slammed president biden's afghan strategy today. but minutes after he said the troops should have stayed, mccarthy seemed to reverse that stance. >> i don't think people are arguing about whether we should have left or not in afghanistan. it's how. >> reporter: yesterday's deadly attack has prompted a washington with some republicans even calling on president biden to resign. the white house is brushing off those calls, saying that the focus right now should be on the brave u.s. men and women who are carrying out a risky evacuation that both sides say they support. tony. >> dokoupil: nancy cordes for us at the white house. nancy, thank you. at

that's getting from kabul onto the airbase. the airbase now is secure. the base is calm and full of u.s. troops, it is very secure. there is air support above, but getting onto the base is a clalening. it's a challenge from kabul. imagine trying to get deep from the provinces, trying to get from a district. if you are in a district in central afghanistan or northern afghanistan, you may have to go through 50 taliban checkpoints to get here. >> right. >> how are you going to do that and are you going to show all of the documentation that says i was a translator? people are terrified to do that. >> of course. >> and americans stranded in these areas on what were bases or had contracts there because a lot of these are contractors, how are they supposed to get there? the logistics of working with the taliban now are fraught, to say the least. but on the base the people who do get on the base are that process doesn't seem to be moving, it does seem to be moving more swiftly than the process before. >> richard, can i ask you about the news developing as we com

in addition, approximately 2000 more will arrive at ramzi airbase, germany -- and from stein airbase -- rahmstein airbase in germany will receive -- you will likely hear more details of the plans during the press -- about the press schedule with mr. kirby. 7000 evacuees have arrived in the united states so far. they will continue to do so. in the past when four hours, five flights landed at dulles international airport with approximately 1200 passengers. as part of this process these individuals completed biometric vetting and screening and according with the fbi, nctc, and custom and border control standards directed by the department of homeland security. we are working around the clock to provide safe, sanitary appropriate receptions at processing at all of our locations throughout the world. i know you have questions about the current timeline. our mission remains unchanged. for each day of the operation we have carried out the direction of the president and the secretary of defense. until that mission changes we will continue to put forward our maximum effort to safely evacuate

one in a province which is where bagram airbase so they are near bagram airbase right now. and three to the north and east of it. and i am hearing rumors they are moving into bammian province as well. so there is a lot of questions here. it is a long shot. the taliban is organized. they have a lot of war material. but sala. you know, he may have been the man afghanistan needed and we're hoping it's not too late. >> i wanted to ask you this, too. the u.s. and others, you know, including the president today talking about an unwavering commitment to the afghan people. but is that not meaningless? i mean, the afghan people are -- are on their own, basically, aren't they? >> yeah. there -- there is no unwavering commitment. there's no commitment right now to the afghan people. it's a madhouse in kabul right now. i -- you know, president biden and his team is telling us everything's fine. but, you know, who are you going to believe? me? or your lying eyes? we all know what we are seeing on the television. >> yeah. exactly. i -- i wanted to ask you this, too. the taliban have been

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throw your rank on the table and say, "hey, it's a bad idea to evacuate bagram airfield, a strategic airbase, before we evacuate everyone?" >> reporter: bagram airfield was the largest u.s. base in afghanistan and housed 5,000 prisoners, including isis terrorists. after the americans left last month, the taliban moved in and set the prisoners free. >> i would have checked and maintained the bagram airfield. >> reporter: republican leader kevin mccarthy slammed president biden's afghan strategy today. but minutes after he said the troops should have stayed, mccarthy seemed to reverse that stance. >> i don't think people are arguing about whether we should have left or not in afghanistan. it's how. >> reporter: yesterday's deadly attack has prompted a political firestorm here in washington with some republicans even calling on president biden to resign. the white house is brushing off those calls, saying that the focus right now should be on the brave u.s. men and women who are carrying out a risky evacuation that both sides say they support. tony. >> dokoupil: nancy cordes for us at the white

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the taliban have captured more territory, including the former us airbase at bagram. the us has begun evacuating staff from their embassy in the capital. according to eyewitnesses, taliban militants met little resistance along the way to the capital. let's speak to our south asia correspondent, anbarasan ethirajan. about the fact that the taliban do now seem to be entering the capital city. now seem to be entering the capital ci . , ., , now seem to be entering the capital ci . , . , , city. yes, in the last few minutes, the taliban _ city. yes, in the last few minutes, the taliban spokesperson - city. yes, in the last few minutes, i the taliban spokesperson announced that some of their fighters have entered the city, not in a full force, but what they are saying is thatis force, but what they are saying is that is to prevent looting and arson and because there have been some reports of people trying to break into the shops and security forces had vacated some of the posts, so they are very clear that they are going to occupy those places where the security forces are

a lot of questions on the decision to leave that airbase. do you think it proves to be a fatal flaw in everything we've seen happen? >> it is the fatal flaw in this operation. i served 13 months in bagram, two runways, you can see miles from guard towers, russian minefields around it, a fortified point of injury, it is impenetrable to the types of attacks that happened at kabul airports, it is like somalia surrounded by tenements, and the standoff, a vital piece that proved to be the fatal flaw. jillian: one more question to you real quick. this over the horizon capability, do you think that's going to be possible without footprints on the ground? >> those capabilities are only valuable if surrounding countries allow us to penetrate their airspace. without that authority we must use carriers in the persian gulf. makes it more complicated. i think the taliban will be more restraining on this administration. a lot remains unseen. jillian: thank you for your service. still to come, "fox and friends first," an update on the american mother who w

to which there are knowable answers, what did the military recommended president biden about bagram airbase, who decided close bagrammer base, what were the arbitrator troop numbers capped that led to the closing of bagram airbase, there's a lot of very simple but critical questions to be asked and the answers are knowable, sitting on a piece of paper at the pentagon, the white house, time for congress to demand those answers in the weeks ahead in time to say to ensure we are conducting rigorous oversight of the resettlement of refugees, we want to protect and welcome afghans who served alongside american service numbers, we heard from so many servicemembers and veterans who vouched personally for their interpreter but we evacuated 125,000 afghans at last count, many had very little if any connection to our servicemembers over the last 20 years. i'm glad they are out of the taliban's groups but they have to qualify under american law before the we admit them to the country, they cannot be admitted into this country, the trump administration, refugees in jordan, the afghan refugees in places

we had all the airbases. they were in moving, sean, they weren't doing anything. everything they have taken was after biden took over. we had everything the way it was, and i was not a fan of that word, i was never a fan, when bush went into the middle east, it was one of the worst days in the history of our country and the world, frankly, but they did it. they decided to do it. and it's been nothing but a catastrophe ever since, but this is now the lowest point, because -- >> sean: sarah, let me be clear of -- >> mr. trump: there was no reason to run, and there was no reason to expedite. >> sean: because of joe biden had stuck with the trump plan, the first movement of the taliban to any other province outside of that which was agreed to, they would have been met with fierce military force to push them back, immediately. correct? is that what you are saying? that's the difference because i didn't happen after january 20th. >> mr. trump: they knew that was going to happen with me. i mean, you ran through it, i don't have to. if you look at al-baghdadi, he was the

. >> would you start at the release of the bagram airbase? >> i think we had arrived at a sustainable policy with 2500 troops we had enabling the afghan military to keep the taliban and al qaeda and other forces of terrorism at bay in a critical part of the world that borders iran, central asia, china. this was an outpost that was directly serving america's counterterrorism interests and stopping another 9/11 from happening. the real original sin here is the decision traceable back to the trump administration to go down to 0 in terms of our troop presence in afghanistan and essentially having made that decision, decided to surrender that country in that pivotal part of the world providing counterterrorism, over to the terrorists. >> great perspective. fascinating insight, thank you for your time. the us giving the taliban names of people to evacuate, the move as critics up in arms saying it could be used as a hit list, more on a dangerous situation unfolding in afghanistan next. it's taken a lot to get to this moment. ♪ grew up at midnight

i think it is rightfully so, there is a lot of focus on bagram airbase. administration said it was choice of military advisers, by the time that those was made, there was not the possibility of putting more troops in. the choice was made by the president of united states the ability for us, as u.s. to attack military targets today. like this drone strike, targeting 2 bombers on the way to kabul, administration said it was an over the horizon attack, but they would not happen without intelligence on the ground that will dry up quickly. how the administration talks about this, really has been all over the map. i think that is the biggest problem about communicating from the beginning. trey: from weather to war, brett baier thank you very much for joining us on a sunday night, i'll see you soon. >> you bet. trey: situation in afghanistan is at least in part driving president biden's job approval numbers down rapidly and significantly. we'll hear from hakeem jeffries, next on sunday night in america. ♪ ♪ ♪ security at your fingertips. control feels good

what would the rationale be for abandoning the bagram airbase and focusing resources on the kabul airport? gen. kimmitt: i'm a little bit conflicted about that issue with bagram airport. it is more secure, but it is also much further out, and the taliban would have set up check for anybody to get to the bagram airfield, so i think it is a convenient excuse, but bagram, while easier to defend, it would have been harder for people to evacuate to because it is so far away from the city of kabul. tom: what do you tell the man or woman coming out of the class of 2021 at west point? gen. kimmitt: this was a long war. it has been going on since 9/11, and it is not going to stop anytime soon. you need to look at what your predecessors from the last 20 years have done to defend this country, and you better be ready to defend it as well. tom: we look forward to speaking to you again. our retired brigadier general, working with the bush of adminstration as the deputy assistant director of defense for the middle east. just ask ordinary comments thereby someone informed. lisa: the idea that going forw

i saw an expert saying we should try to take back bagram airbase. that's a terrible idea, that's not going to happen. but what are your thoughts on the security disaster in kabul? >> bagram is very interesting example. i tend to share rob's views on the desirability of not getting it up in the first place. i understand where you are on any attempt to take it back at this point. i don't think we can stuff the genie back into that particular bottle. the in norma's value of that base with huge taxpayer investment in it and how very desirable it would be right now to have what is essentially a small city where we can house the american citizens that the at risk afghans and two runways that we control hopefully is starkly clear to everyone and another person to whom that would have been starkly clear would have been president trump. there are a lot of armchair quarterbacking going on about what he might have done. we will never know that. one thing rob and i both know because we were with him, we went to iraq with president trump and flew into al-asad ai

to think that you have an airbase, up wonderful impenetrable fortress of an airbase that can land and any size. you keep the kabul airport, which is in a big depression. it's in a horrible plays and no the principal at all. it shows how absolutely incompetent that are in the united states embassy. i was in the united states embassy when there was a mortar attack on the embassy. i was with brian crocker. number he got hurt. the buildings at this thick. it is a place we can have an orderly withdrawal. instead you have kids like thes preppy, you know, self-important , iv that were just connected to the reality. and i hasten to add the one thing we can never forget is th service and sacrifice of our gi in that awful plays for 20 years , honor their service, remember everything that they o sacrifice, they and their families and don't let the incompetence and absolute bungling up this affect their legacy and the honor that we pa them. >> i agree, let's just bring preppy end of us. i think the board you are looking for was mediocrity. we believe from his look at our leaders, we think it is d

it is not compassion telling american the distance to find your way to the airbase. even though there are literally checkpoints all across the country where people cannot get through. meanwhile the brits and the french are going to go get those people. our presidents going to leave our people behind. >> fox news went and rescued 24 people this weekend. i was saying today they should put fox news in charge of getting people out of afghanistan because we seem to be the only ones who see how dire the situation is. and yes, people are stranded there. dougie said this is a political disaster he did not have to be this bad. there wasn't consensus, republicans, democrats, everyone wanted out of afghanistan for the last four presidents have wanted out of afghanistan. there was a way of getting out but could have been much, much better than this because this is awful. >> it is awful, it is an american tragedy. it is not to be laughed at. it is to be literally mourned because our strength, our purpose, or goals as a democracy are really up for grabs, in question. and the democ

who leaves the airbase open? they didn't tell the afghans they were leaving. why didn't they leave some nato troops? nato is involved in this. when he said i haven't heard any negative. you are on vacation again. host: that is tim in arkansas. the president will be briefed on afghanistan and go to delaware later on. it was president biden nominating rahm emanuel as his ambassador to japan. he would be tapped for the prominent foreign post. that is the white house announcing that. the chicago tribune says it will give a tactician and veteran in the ranks of his top diplomats. you can see that in the chicago tribune. when it comes to electric cars, gm says that when it comes to the chevy volt, there is a recall over a battery fire issue. a few 2019 were not covered under the previous recall. all 141,000 volts that gm has produced are under recall. you can see more on that at the new york times business section. caller: thank you for taking my call. i am just surprised that america pulled out afghanistan without notifying the americans. they would not be in the m

it is unclear why we gave up bagram airbase. why we didn't have a headquarters to clear our american citizens and allies. this is biden's carter moment. he is linked to the withdrawal of afghanistan. there is link to the crisis in 1981. americans could get killed because the biden is shutting down taliban to afghani money at the federal reserve. you mentioned the president's discussion with george stephanopoulos at abc news. you know has been criticized in the international press over that interview as being quote tone deaf, claiming no one is getting killed when they are, claiming chaos was inevitable, when he said a month ago it wasn't. he had nancy pelosi saying well, biden is wise, saying this is what happens. billions of military hardware, aircraft seized by the taliban, that is what happens in a theater of war. not sure it is wisdom to have americans stranded you know, when you first withdraw and leave americans behind. let's listen to interview with abc news. watch this. >> so a lot of pandemonium outside of the airport.

why for example, did we choose to leave, heavily fortified an airbase in the middle of the night, that had a hard perimeter, a defended perimeter. why did we limit ourselves. to a single runway. urban commercial airport, so close to the city center of kabul? >> well you went right to the heart of that one. the thinking behind this withdrawal, was rapid, inadequate, and i don't think anyone really understood, the afghan security forces would come apart, they don't let courage, they've had tens of thousands killed in action. they collectively decided, the u.s. was going, they are corrupt and incompetent leaders, we're not supporting them with ammunition, with food, they were stealing their pay. the afghan army didn't go under fighting. they decided to switch sides, or walk away. there were ten taliban accepting surrenders at some of these big cities. it all unraveled, on the afghan government. we talked a few days ago, and i said the guys are gonna start running, for it that will be the next tipping. point and it was a disgraceful and harmful image. for u.s. foreign policy, and internati