well, we can now speak with scott ritter, a former marine corps intelligence officer joining applied for an international scott. good to see you this evening. let's start with the substance of what's jewish. i just said he, he thinks us troops should not have withdrawn from background base until the evacuation was complete, unquote. senior leaders should be held accountable. is he right? first of all, the issue, accountability is 100 percent, correct? i mean, we have a failure of policy that seems to be driven by political objectives that overrode operational reality. we know that back in april, march april. ready u. s. military senior officers and senior intelligence. a community person's briefed the by white house, on what they deemed to be the situation on the ground afghan stand in the absolute need for the united states to maintain a significantly larger footprint than the one that the white house was allowing the white house to put a cap on the number of us troops that would be allowed to remain in afghanistan at around 60700. and the white house was told, this is, this is not

scott is very, very insightful comments. scott ritter for my marine corps intelligence office. thanks a 1000000. appreciate it. thanks me. america. if that's the message or the president is taking to vietnam, those are those the right words for the locals. they're not sure about that. that story much more off for a quick break. the ah jain me every thursday on the alex simon show. and i'll be speaking to guess in the world, the politics, sport, business and show business. i'll see you then, in long long when i would show the same wrong. when all just don't the room. yes, to see out the same because the aptitude and engagement equal betrayal when so many find themselves will depart, we choose to look for common ground. so long ago humor was the domain of social fatigue and a means for us to laugh at ourselves. and the comic was a person who had the guts and skill to say what all of us might have been thinking . this is no longer the case, it would see now humour is just another political weapon. and you know, it's not very funny. ah right now, 20 points. they are here in the rus

we also heard from from a marine corps intelligence officer, scott ritter, who thinks that someone needs to be held accountable so that lessons could be learned. first of all, the issue accountability is 100 percent, correct? i mean, we have a failure of policy that seems to be driven by political objectives that overrode operational reality. there has to be accountability, or else there, there will be no lessons learned from this in the take. so on this point of origin occur sheller is 100 percent correct? i take umbrage it the way he got his message across. he was a really relief for cause because his job was to train young marines to be prepared to fight in future conflicts. his job was not to be critical of policies passed by is senior leadership. while i sympathize with his position, he had no right to do this a while he war uniform and he was fired. justifiably so we cannot have a situation where military officers feel that they have a duty to be critically outside of the chain of command about policies. they disagree with, or else we'd have chaos, an anarchy. we wouldn't have the

he said, we also heard from from a marine corps intelligence officer, scott ritter 2 who thinks that someone needs to be held accountable. so that lessons can be learned. first of all, the issue accountability is 100 percent, correct? i mean, we have a failure of policy that seems to be driven by political objectives that overrode operational reality. there has to be accountability, or else there, there will be no lessons learned from this in this take. so on this point, other 10 occur sheller is 100 percent correct? i take umbrage it that way. he got his message across. he was a really relief for cars because his job was to train young marines to be prepared to fight in future conflicts. his job was not to be critical of policies passed by his senior leadership to while i sympathize with his position, he had no right to do this while he was uniform and he was fired. justifiably so we cannot have a situation where military officers feel that they have a duty to be critically outside of the chain of command about policies. they disagree with, or else we'd have chaos and anarchy. we wo

in 90 days, we spoke with former us intelligence officer, scott ritter, who thinks it's an attempt to deflect attention away from the problems closer to home. i do know that in the united states we have a tendency to politicize intelligence. right now there is a i think there is a tendency to find a convenient cas blame on china. it was funny how the democrats opposed this when donald trump was doing it. but now that they are in power, there is a need to seek some sort of deflection away from your failures in the u. s. policy. so they're, they're looking for a culprit in china is the logical corporate. let's be clear. no one knows right now for sure how this virus guys got to be world updates on r t international law wildfire that's been raging for 3 weeks, has now decimated the tiny california mountain community leveling most of its historic downtown area and raising blocks of homes aided by tender dr agitation and fanned by strong winds, the dixie fire, as it's becoming named tor, through greenville buildings dating from the gold rush era were completely destroyed. along with a scho

we spoke with former us intelligence officer, scott ritter, who thinks it's an attempt to deflect attention away from problems closer to home. i think there is a tendency to find a convenient cas blame on china when by an ordered this intelligence review. it was, it was after turn leaks to the press about intelligence information that were cherry picked by mike pump state department as part of heard of a go a gotcha paper. they were preparing to target, trying to your there's a need to seek some sort of deflection away from your failures in the u. s. policy. so they're, they're looking for a culprit. china is the logical corporate. now it's time for some world updates a wildfire that's been raging for 3 weeks, has now decimated a tiny california mountain community. leveling most of its historic downtown area and raising blocks of homes. aided by tinder dr education and fanned by strong winds. the dixie fire, as it's being named tor, through greenville, now building, stating back from the gold rush arrow were completely destroyed along with a school gas station. church, ho tell and museum re

we also had to from a former marine corps intelligence officer, scott ritter and thinks that someone needs to be held accountable. so that lessons can be learned. first of all, the issue accountability is 100 percent, correct? i mean we have a failure of policy that seems to be driven by political objectives that overrode operational reality. there has to be accountability, or else there, there will be no lessons learned from this in this take. so on this point, lieutenant colonel sheller is 100 percent correct. i take umbrage it away. he got his message across. he was really relief for cause because his job was to train young marines to be prepared to fight in future conflicts. his job was not to be critical of policies passed by is senior leadership to while i sympathize with his position, he had no right to do this a while. he was uniform and he was fired. justifiably so we cannot have a situation where military officers feel that they have a duty to, to be critically outside of the chain of command about policies. they disagree with, or else we'd have chaos and energy. we wouldn'

that's why we're there. 15 years later, we spoke to scott ritter, he's a former marine corps intelligence officer who believes the documents confirm what was open secret. documents may not have been available. ready the information contained in these documents was well known to experts and specialists, and could have been well known to anybody who took the time to do the research. the reality is the united states has not had a co haired afghan policy since from the very beginning. look, defense companies in united states, you're going to profit whether or not, i mean the united states has one of the largest defense budgets in the world. the largest defense budget in the world, $700.00 plus $1000000000.00. and a lot, a good portion of this goes to, you know, the acquisition of. busy weapons and material equipment from defense contractors. you know, afghan. stan was an opportunity for specific technologies and the companies associated with those technologies to come into prominence and there was some money to be made. the surgeon people fling up canister of late, causing a security not move

we heard from former marine corps intelligence officer, scott ritter. he thinks that someone needs to be held accountable for lessons. and 1st of all, the issue accountability is 100 percent, correct? i mean, we have a failure of policy that seems to be driven by political objectives that overrode operational reality. there has to be accountability or else there, there will be no lessons learned from this in this take. so on this point, illusion occur sheller is 100 percent correct? i take umbrage it away. he got his message across. he was a really relief for cause because his job was to train young marines to be prepared to fight in future conflicts. his job was not to be critical of policies passed by is senior leadership to while i sympathize with his position, he had no right to do this a while. he was uniform and he was fired. justifiably so we cannot have a situation where military officers feel that they have a duty to, to be critically outside of the chain of command about policies. they disagree with, or else we'd have chaos and energy. we woul

we heard from a former marine corps intelligence officer, scott ritter. he thinks that someone needs to be held accountable. so lessons learned. first of all, the issue accountability is 100 percent, correct? i mean, we have a failure of policy that seems to be driven by political objectives that overrode operational reality. there has to be accountability or else there, there will be no lessons learned from this in this take. so on this point other can occur sheller is 100 percent. correct. i take umbrage it that way. he got his message across. he was really relieved for cars because his job was to train young marines to be prepared to fight in future conflicts. his job was not to be critical of policies passed by his senior leadership. while i sympathize with his position, he had no right to do this a while he wore uniform and he was fired. justifiably so we cannot have a situation where military officers feel that they have a duty to be critically outside of the chain of command about policies. they disagree with, or else we'd have chaos and anarchy. w

and to report back in my office, scott ritter, who thinks it's an attempt to deflect attention away from the problems closer to home. i think there is a tendency to find a convenient cas blame on china when by an order this intelligence review. it was, it was after turn leaks to the press about intelligence information that were cherry picked by my state department as part of part of a a gotcha paper. they were preparing to target china here. there is a need to seek some sort of deflection away from your failures in u. s. policy. so they're, they're looking for a culprit in china is the logical corporate are lots of natural disasters for us. we get into the world update here on our end to national wildfire. there's been raging for 3 weeks now, has decimated a tiny california mountain community. leveling most of its historic downtown area and raising blocks of homes. aided by tend to drive agitation and strong winds. the dixie fire has been named or ripped through greenville buildings, dating back to the gold rush era were destroyed along with a school the petrol station, a church, a hote

earlier in the program we heard from form a marine corps intelligence officer, scott ritter. he thinks the marine is correct about the accountability though, had no rights to express his criticism while on duty. the 1st one, the issue. accountability is 100 percent correct? i mean, we have a failure of policy that seems to be driven by political objectives that overrode operational reality. there has to be accountability, or else there, there will be no lessons learned from this in this take. so on this point, illusion occur sheller is 100 percent correct. i take umbrage it to the way he got his message across. he was a really relief for cause because his job was to train young marines to be prepared to fight in future conflicts. his job was not to be critical of policies passed by his senior leadership to while i sympathize with his position, he had no right to do this while he was uniform and he was fired. justifiably so we cannot have a situation where military officers feel that they have a duty to be critically outside of the chain of command about policies. they disagre

we heard from former marine corps intelligence officer, scott ritter. he thinks that someone needs to be held accountable. so lessons learned. first of all, the issue accountability is 100 percent, correct? i mean, we have a failure of policy that seems to be driven by political objectives that overrode operational reality. there has to be accountability or else there, there will be no lessons learned from this in this take. so on this point, illusion occur sheller is 100 percent correct? i take umbrage it away. he got his message across. he was really relief for cause because his job was to train young marines to be prepared to fight in future conflicts. his job was not to be critical of policies passed by is senior leadership to while i sympathize with his position, he had no right to do this a while. he was uniform and he was fired. justifiably so we cannot have a situation where military officers feel that they have a duty to, to be critically outside of the chain of command about policies. they disagree with, or else we'd have chaos and energy. we

he said to from a former marine corps intelligence officer, scott ritter, do you think that someone needs to be held accountable so that lessons can be learned? first of all, the issue accountability is 100 percent, correct? i mean, we have a failure of policy that seems to be driven by political objectives that overrode operational reality. there has to be accountability, or else there, there will be no lessons learned from this in this take. so on this point, lieutenant cur sheller. is 100 percent? correct? i take umbrage it that way. he got his message across. he was a really relief for cause because his job was to train young marines to be prepared to fight in future conflicts. his job was not to be critical of policies passed by is senior leadership. while i sympathize with his position, he had no right to do this a while. he was uniform and he was fired. justifiably so we cannot have a situation where military officers feel that they have a duty to, to be critically outside of the chain of command about policies. they disagree with, or else we'd have chaos, an anarchy. we wouldn't h

we spoke with former us intelligence officer, scott ritter, who thinks that it's an attempt to deflect attention away from problems closer to home. i do know that in the united states we have a tendency to politicize intelligence. right now there is a i think there is a tendency to find a convenient cas blame on china. it was funny how the democrats oppose this when donald trump was doing it. but now that they're in power, there is a need to seek some sort of deflection away from your failures in u. s. policy. so they're, they're looking for a culprit, china's the logical corporate. let's be clear. no one knows right now for sure how this virus got got to be now time for some world updates a wildfire that's been raging for 3 weeks, has now decimated a tiny california mart mountain community leveling most of its historic downtown area and raising blocks of homes 8 is by tinder dr. education and fanned by strong winds. the dixie fire, as it's being named tor, through greenville buildings dating back to the gold rush era, were completely destroyed along with a school gas station church ho

that's why we're there. 15 years later, we spoke to scott ritter. he's a former marine corps intelligence officer. he believes that documents confirm what was an open secret. documents may not have been available. ready the information contained in these documents was well known to experts and specialists, and could have been well known to anybody who took the time to do the research. the reality is the united states has not had a co haired afghan policy since from the very beginning. look, defense companies in united states, you're going to profit whether or not, i mean the united states has one of the largest defense budgets in the world. the largest defense budget in the world, $700.00 plus $1000000000.00. and a lot, a good portion of this goes to, you know, the acquisition of weapons and material equipment from defense contractors. you know, afghan. stan was an opportunity for specific technologies and the companies associated with those technologies to come into prominence. and there was some money to be made. the surgeon people saying, i've go

we also heard from former marine corps intelligence officers, scott ritter, who thinks that someone needs to be held accountable. so that lessons can be learned. first of all, the issue accountability is 100 percent, correct? i mean, we have a failure of policy that seems to be driven by political objectives that overrode operational reality. there has to be accountability, or else there, there will be no lessons learned from this in the take. so on this point, illusion occur sheller is 100 percent correct? i take umbrage it the way he got his message across. he was really relief for cause because his job was to train young marines to be prepared to fight in future conflicts. his job was not to be critical of policies passed by is senior leadership. while i sympathize with his position, he had no right to do this a while he war uniform and he was fired. justifiably so we cannot have a situation where military officers feel that they have a duty to be critically outside of the chain of command about policies. they disagree with, or else we'd have chaos and anarchy. we wouldn't have the wil

we heard from former marine corps intelligence officer, scott ritter. he thinks that someone that needs to be held accountable. so lessons are learned. the 1st one on the issue, accountability is 100 percent, correct? i mean we have a failure of policy that seems to be driven by political objectives that overrode operational reality. there has to be accountability or else there, there will be no lessons learned from this in this take. so on this point, a lieutenant cur, sheller. is 100 percent correct? i take umbrage to the way he got his message across. he was really relief for cause because his job was to train young marines to be prepared to fight in future conflicts. his job was not to be critical of policies passed by is senior leadership to while i sympathize with his position, he had no right to do this a while. he was uniform and he was fired. justifiably so we cannot have a situation where military officers feel that they have a duty to be critically outside of the chain of command about policies. they disagree with, or else we'd have chaos and

that's why we're there. 15 years later we spoke to scott ritter. he's a former marine corps intelligence officer. believes the documents do confirm what was open secret documents may not have been available. the information contained in these documents was well known to experts and specialists, and could have been well known to anybody who took the time to do the research. the reality is the. busy united states has not had a co haired afghan policy since from the very beginning. look, defense companies in united states, you're going to profit whether or not i mean the united states has one of the largest defense budgets in the world. the largest defense budge in the world, $700.00 plus $1000000000.00. and a lot, a good portion of this goes to, you know, the acquisition of weapons and material equipment from defense contractors. you know, afghan stand was an opportunity for specific technologies. and the companies associated with those technologies to, you know, come into prominence and there was some money to be made. this huge surge and people fli

we also heard from former us marine corps intelligence office, a scott ritter who thinks that someone needs to be held responsible for what's happened in afghanistan. first of all, the issue accountability is 100 percent, correct? i mean, we have a failure of policy that seems to be driven by political objectives that overrode operational reality. there has to be accountability, or else there, there will be no lessons learned from this in this take. so on this point, illusion occur sheller is 100 percent correct? i take umbrage it away. he got his message across. he was a really relief for cause because his job was to train young marines to be prepared to fight in future conflicts. his job was not to be critical of policies passed by is senior leadership. while i sympathize with his position, he had no right to do this while he was uniform and he was fired. justifiably so we cannot have a situation where military officers feel that they have a duty to be critically outside of the chain of command about policies. they disagree with, or else we'd have chaos, an anarchy. we wouldn't have

a said we also heard from former us marine corps intelligence officers, scott ritter, who thinks that someone needs to be held accountable is so that lessons can be learned. first of all, the issue accountability is 100 percent, correct? i mean, we have a failure of policy that seems to be driven by political objectives that overrode operational reality. there has to be accountability or else there, there will be no lessons learned from this in this take. so on this point, illusion occur sheller is 100 percent correct. i take umbrage it to the way he got his message across. he was a really relief for cause because his job was to train young marines to be prepared to fight in future conflicts. his job was not to be critical of policies passed by is senior leadership. while i sympathize with his position, he had no right to do this a while he wore uniform and he was fired. justifiably so we cannot have a situation where military officers feel that they have a duty to be critically outside of the chain of command about policies. they disagree with, or else we'd have chaos, an anarchy. we

i don't want a single dollar or we also had from former us marine corps intelligence officer, scott ritter, who thinks that someone needs to be held accountable. so that lessons can be learned. first of all, the issue accountability is 100 percent, correct? i mean we have a failure of policy that seems to be driven by political objectives that overrode operational reality. there has to be accountability or else there, there will be no lessons learned from this in this take. so on this point, illusion occur sheller is 100 percent correct. i take umbrage it to the way he got his message across. he was a really relief for cause because his job was to train young marines to be prepared to fight in future conflicts. his job was not to be critical of policies passed by is senior leadership. while i sympathize with his position, he had no right to do this while he was uniform and he was fired. justifiably so we cannot have a situation where military officers feel that they have a duty to, to be critically outside of the chain of command about policies. they disagree with, or else we'd have chaos,

we spoke with a former us intelligence officer, scott ritter, who thinks it's an attempt to deflect attention away from the problems closer to home. i think there is a tendency to find a convenient cas blame on china by an ordered this intelligence review. it was, it was after turn leaks to the press about intelligence information that were cherry picked by my state department as part of sort of a, a gotcha paper they were preparing to target, trying to your there's a need to seek some sort of deflection away from your failures in the u. s. policy. now talk to some world update. so wildfire that's been raging for 3 weeks, has now decimated a tiny california mountain community. leveling most of its historic downtown area and raising blocks of homes. aided by tinder dr agitation and fanned by strong winds, the dixie fire, as it's being named tor, through greenville buildings dating back to the gold rush era were completely destroyed. along with a school gas station, church hotel and museum residents have been told to leave the area along with those in another tiny mountain community called tayl

that's why we're there. 15 years later, we spoke to scott ritter, he's a former marine corps intelligence officer. he believes the documents confirm a, an open secret and of the day. documents may not have been available. ready the information contained in these documents was well known to experts and specialists, and could have been well known to anybody who took the time to do the research. the reality is the united states has not had a co haired afghan policy since from the very beginning. look, defense companies in united states, you're gonna profit whether or not, i mean the united states has one of the largest defense budgets in the world. the largest defense budget in the world, $700.00 plus $1000000000.00. and a lot, a good portion of this goes to, you know, the acquisition of. busy weapons in material equipment from defense contractors, you know, afghan. stan was an opportunity for specific technologies and the companies associated with those technologies to come into prominence and there was some money to be made. that's my groceries search and people saying i've got the stuff c

that's why we're there. 15 years later, a former marine corps intelligence officer, scott ritter, told us he believes the documents confirm what was an open secret. documents may not have been available. the information contained in these documents was well known to experts and specialists, and could have been well known to anybody who took the time to do the research. the reality is the united states has not had a co haired afghan policy since from the very beginning. look, defense companies in united states, you're gonna profit whether or not, i mean the united states has one of the largest defense budgets in the world. the largest defense budget in the world, $700.00 plus $1000000000.00. and a lot, a good portion of this goes to, you know, the acquisition of weapons and material equipment from defense contractors. you know, afghan. stan was an opportunity for specific technologies and the companies associated with those technologies to come into prominence. and there was some money to be made of the surgeon people fleeing afghanistan is lining up a security nightmare for europe. bec

so to scott ritter, he's a former marine corps intelligence officer, believes that documents confirm an open secret documents may not have been available. ready the information contained in these documents was well known to experts and specialists, and could have been well known to anybody who took the time to do the research. the reality is the united states has not had a co haired afghan policy since from the very beginning. look, defense companies in united states, you're going to profit whether or not, i mean the united states has one of the largest defense budgets in the world. the largest defense budget in the world, $700.00 plus $1000000000.00. and a lot, a good portion of this goes to, you know, the acquisition of weapons and material equipment from defense contractors. you know, afghan is stand, was an opportunity for specific technologies. and the companies associated with those technologies to come into prominence and there was some money to be made . the surgeon people fling, i've got times, causing a real security nightmare for a year or more and more. because among thos

we have scott ritter. he is a former intelligence officer and the united nations weapons inspector. and in kabul, we have who stock or our him. he is a conflict. peace and security expert art tillman cross talk rules and effect. that means he can jump in anytime you want. and i always appreciate when you go to scott, 1st, many of us watching this conflict for 2 decades expected this outcome was only the date that mattered most here. made my introduction, i said, i call it in a complete and utter failure. the american people are poor and no one is held account and if no one is how.

we also heard from former us marine corps intelligence office of scott ritter, who thinks that someone needs to be held accountable. so that lessons can be learned. first of all, the issue accountability is 100 percent, correct? i mean we have a failure of policy that seems to be driven by political objectives that overrode operational reality. there has to be accountability or else there, there will be no lessons learned from this in this take. so on this point can occur . sheller is 100 percent correct. i take umbrage it to the way he got his message across. he was a really relief for cause because his job was to train young marines to be prepared to fight in future conflicts. his job was not to be critical of policies passed by is senior leadership. while i sympathize with his position, he had no right to do this a while he war uniform and he was fired. justifiably so we cannot have a situation where military officers feel that they have a duty to be critically outside of the chain of command about policies. they disagree with, or else we'd have chaos and energy. we wouldn't have th

we also heard from former us marine corps intelligence officer, scott ritter, who thinks that someone needs to be held accountable. so that lessons can be learned. first of all, the issue accountability is 100 percent, correct? i mean we have a failure of policy that seems to be driven by political objectives that overrode operational reality. there has to be accountability or else there, there will be no lessons learned from this in this take. so on this point, a lieutenant girl sheller is 100 percent. correct. i take umbrage it to the way he got his message across. he was a really relief for cause because his job was to train young marines to be prepared to fight in future conflicts. his job was not to be critical of policies passed by is senior leadership to while i sympathize with his position, he had no right to do this a while. he was uniform and he was fired. justifiably so we cannot have a situation where military officers feel that they have a duty to be critically outside of the chain of command about policies. they disagree with her or else we'd have chaos, an anarchy. we w

earlier we heard from scott ritter, a former marine corps intelligence officer. he told us that places like one ton of mo, will bond to create extremists. the united states is very rarely has 100 percent accurate information on people. we detain the, these people for, for many years. if i were detained off the street as an innocent person and subjected to in humane treatment in an illegal facility for a number of years by an occupying party. and then i was released, my life would focus solely on killing those people. so when, when people get radicalized by undergoing an experience that no human being should be subjected to, we shouldn't be surprised. it's 100 percent counterproductive. i mean, anybody was, any brain knows that this is not how you go forward. mean lost and found the vice president has vowed to keep up this fight against the taliban. i'm really solid tweet to the he was still inside the country and was now in fact be acting president. now port say around $10000.00 afghan troops on the way to pun, ship province, to join the resistance. this area is

and scott ritter, that form of marine corps intelligence officer. let's try go live to the ask on capitol. of course we'll run guess dave is that we've got a pretty legacy delay between the 2 of those of course, just because of the technical issues. morale, we're hearing now. this is unconfirmed, but the getting reports coming in and that there been actually 2 explosions taking place in cobble. just give us what information you've managed to gather together so far. what we've heard that there was just one explosion that took place between the the baron hotel and the checkpoint at the airport. the there isn't a big distance between the 2. but what i can tell you from the casualty count that's been reported to 2 people dead, 15 injured as awful as that is. i can tell you from my experience that that is on the lower end of the spectrum, considering the press of bodies that we saw at the airport ringing the airport kilometers and kilometers. people jam packed together, just waiting for an opportunity to get into the airport. we've also heard of, of casu

really appreciate the chance to speak to scott ritter, my guest for marine corps intelligence officer. thank you. thanks, prison biden broke his silence on the crisis on the day after the taliban had taken control of the country. he claimed that the u. s. mission in afghanistan was never about nation building our mission afghan. stan was never supposed to been nation building. it was never supposed to be created a unified, centralized democracy or only my last interest in again, stan remains today. what has always been preventing a terrorist attack on american homeland? the statement came in stark contrast the previous comments back in 2002 by the side . the failing to establish a solid national government in afghanistan might create a lawless, safe haven for anti america terrorist killable projects. a closer look at the president's history with the conflict. when you look at what's happening and afghan us, dan, you can hardly say that joe biden is blameless. he supported the war 1st in congress and then his vice president. and now he says that his decision for a sudden withdrawl is c

ritter, a full not marine corps intelligence officer. he told us that paces white guantanamo bay were bound to create extremist. the united states is very rarely has 100 percent accurate information on people. we detain that these people for, for many years. if i were detained off the street as an innocent person and subjected to in humane treatment in an illegal facility for a number of years by an occupying party. and then i was released, my life would focus solely on killing those people. so when, when people get radicalized by undergoing an experience that no human being should be subjected to, we shouldn't be surprised. it's 100 percent counterproductive. i mean, anybody with any brain knows that this is not how you go forward. was kind of found the vice president has vowed to to keep up the fight against the taliban. i'm going to saw a tweeted that he was inside the country and was now in fact, the acting president. report say around 10000, ask our troops are on their way to pan ship province to join the resistance. this area is ve

we heard from scott ritter, a former marine corps intelligence officer, he told list of places like guantanamo bound to create extreme. the united states is very rarely has 100 percent accurate information on people. we detained these people for, for many years. if i were detained off the street as an innocent person and subjected to in humane treatment in an illegal facility for a number of years by an occupying party. and then i was released, my life would focus solely on killing those people. so when, when people get radicalized by undergoing an experience that no human being should be subjected to, we shouldn't be surprised. it's 100 percent counterproductive. i mean, anybody was, any brain knows that this is not how you go forward. i mean, while i've got some vice president us around to keep up the fight against the taliban, i'm outta solid. tweeted he was inside the country and was now in fact the acting president. reports say around 10000 gun troops on their way to punch your province to join the resistance. this area is very close to campbell includes a strategically important road tha

we have scott ritter. he is a former intelligence officer and the united nations weapons inspector. and in kabul, we have, we're stocked with him. he is a conflict. peace and security expert art tillman cross talk rules and effects. that means he can jump in anytime you want. and i always appreciate me go to scott, 1st, many of us watching this conflict for 2 decades expected this outcome was only the dates that mattered most here. made my introduction, i said, i call it a complete and utter failure. the american people are poor and no one is held account. and if no one is held account, scott, then it's going to happen again. go ahead your thoughts. of course it's going to happen again. it's in the it's, it's in the d. n a or the united states. so when we intervene, we intervene using a american centered template that is designed to placate domestic political factions. here in the united states, not to solve problems overseas, we've seen this almost everywhere. united states intervenes afghanistan was doomed to fail from the start because we didn't respect your, our student, tribal

we have scott ritter. he is a former intelligence officer and the united nations weapons inspector. and in kabul we have we stocked.

ritter. he is a former intelligence officer and united nations weapons inspector, and in couple we have talked with him. he is a conflict. peace and security expert art gentleman cross rules and effects, that means he can jump in anytime you want. and i always appreciate when you go to scott, 1st, many of us watching this conflict for 2 decades expected this outcome was only the dates that mattered most here. made my introduction, i said, i call it in a complete and utter failure. the american people are poor and no one is held account. and if no one is held account, scott, then it's going to happen again. go ahead your thoughts. of course it's going to happen again. it's in the, it's, it's in the d, n a or the united states. so when we intervene, we intervene using a american centered template. that is designed to placate domestic political factions. here in the united states, not to solve problems overseas. we've seen this almost everywhere. united states intervenes afghanistan was doomed t

we have scott ritter. he is a former intelligence officer and the united nations weapons inspector. and in kabul, we have who stock or our him. he is a conflict. peace and security expert, or a gentleman, cross talk, rules and effects. that means he can jump in anytime you want. and i always appreciate when we go to scott, 1st, many of us watching this conflict for 2 decades expected this outcome was only the date that mattered most here. made my introduction, i said, i call it in a complete and utter failure. the american people are poor and no one is held account. and if no one is held account, scott, then it's going to happen again. go ahead your thoughts. of course it's going to happen again. it's in the it's, it's in the d. n a or the united states. so when we intervene, we intervene using a american centered template that is designed to play k domestic political factions here in the united states, not to solve problems overseas. we've seen this almost everywhere. united states intervenes afghanistan was doomed to fail from the start because we didn't respect your posture and t

or we also heard from former us marine corps intelligence officer, scott ritter, who thinks that someone needs to be held accountable. so that lessons can be learned. first of all, the issue accountability is 100 percent, correct? i mean, we have a failure of policy that seems to be driven by political objectives that overrode operational reality. there has to be accountability, or else there, there will be no lessons learned from this in this take. so on this point, illusion occur sheller is 100 percent correct? i take umbrage it the way he got his message across. he was really relief for cause because his job was to train young marines to be prepared to fight in future conflicts. his job was not to be critical of policies passed by is senior leadership. while i sympathize with his position, he had no right to do this a while he wore uniform and he was fired. justifiably so we cannot have a situation where military officers feel that they have a duty to be critically outside of the chain of command about policies. they disagree with, or else we'd have chaos and energy. we wouldn't have

and we also heard from a former us marine corps intelligence off the scott ritter, who does think that someone needs to be held accountable. so that lessons can be learned. first of all, the issue accountability is 100 percent, correct? i mean, we have a failure of policy that seems to be driven by political objectives that overrode operational reality. there has to be accountability, or else there, there will be no lessons learned from this in this take. so on this point other can occur sheller is 100 percent correct? i take umbrage it that way. he got his message across. he was a really relief for cause because his job was to train young marines to be prepared to fight in future conflicts. his job was not to be critical of policies passed by his senior leadership. while i sympathize with his position, he had no right to do this a while. he war uniform and he was fired. justifiably so we cannot have a situation where military officers feel that they have a duty to be critically outside of the chain of command about policies. they disagree with, or else we'd have chaos, an anarchy. we

i don't want a single dollar. heard from a former marine corps of intelligence officer, scott ritter, he thinks that someone needs to be held accountable. so lessons learned. first of all, the issue accountability is 100 percent, correct? i mean we have a failure of policy that seems to be driven by political objectives that overrode operational reality. there has to be accountability or else there, there will be no lessons learned from this in this take. so on this point, other 10 occur sheller. is 100 percent correct? i take umbrage it away. he got his message across. he was a really relief for cars because his job was to train young marines to be prepared to fight in future conflicts. his job was not to be critical of policies passed by his senior leadership to while i sympathize with his position, he had no right to do this a while. he was uniform and he was fired. justifiably so we cannot have a situation where military officers feel that they have a duty to be critically outside of the chain of command about policies. they disagree with, or else we'd have chaos and anarchy. we w

we heard from from a marine corps intelligence officer, scott ritter. he thinks that someone needs to be held accountable. so lessons learned 1st on the issue, accountability is 100 percent, correct? i mean, we have a failure of policy that seems to be driven by political objectives that overrode operational reality. there has to be accountability or else there, there will be no lessons learned from this in the take. so on this point, other 10 occur sheller is 100 percent correct? i take umbrage it to the way he got his message across. he was really relief for cause because his job was to train young marines to be prepared to fight in future conflicts. his job was not to be critical of policies passed by is senior leadership. while i sympathize with his position, he had no right to do this a while. he was uniform and he was fired. justifiably so we cannot have a situation where military officers feel that they have a duty to be critically outside of the chain of command about policies. they disagree with, or else we'd have some energy. we wouldn't have

we have scott ritter. he is a former intelligence officer and the united nations weapons inspector. and in couple we have talked with him, he is a conflict, peace and security expert art tillman cross talk rules and effects. that means he can jump in anytime you want. and i always appreciate me go to scott, 1st, many of us watching this conflict for 2 decades expected this outcome was only the dates that mattered most here. made my introduction, i said, i call it in a complete and utter failure. the american people are poor and no one is held account. and if no one has held account, scott, then it's going to happen again. go ahead your thoughts. of course it's going to happen again. it's in the it's, it's in the d. n a or the united states. so when we intervene, we intervene using a american centered template that is designed to placate domestic political factions. here in the united states, not to solve problems overseas, we've seen this almost everywhere. united states intervenes afghanistan was doomed to fail from the start because we didn't respect your costume, tribal sensitivi

we heard from scott ritter, a former marine corps intelligence officer. he told us places like one ton of who will bond to create extreme with the united states is very rarely has 100 percent accurate information on people. we detain the, these people for, for many years. if i were detained off the street as an innocent person and subjected to inhumane treatment in an illegal facility for a number of years by an occupying party. and then i was released, my life would focus solely on killing those people. so when, when people get radicalized by undergoing an experience that no human being should be subjected to, we shouldn't be surprised. it's 100 percent counterproductive. i mean, anybody was, any brain knows that this is not how you go forward. i mean water renaissance vice president has vowed to maintain the fight against the taliban. amolla sally, when tweeted, he was inside the country and was now in fact the acting president. reports say around $10000.00 afghan troops are on their way to pansy province to join the resistance. the area is very close t

that's why we're there. 15 years later, we spoke to scott ritter, he's a former marine corps intelligence officer and he believes that documents can affirm what was already an open secret. documents may not have been available. ready the information contained in these documents was well known to experts and specialists, and could have been well known to anybody who took the time to do the research. the reality is the united states has not had a co haired afghan policy since from the very beginning. look, defense companies in united states, you're going to profit whether or not, i mean the united states has one of the largest defense budgets in the world. the largest defense budget in the world, $700.00 plus $1000000000.00. and a lot, a good portion of this goes to, you know, the acquisition of weapons and material equipment from defense contractors. you know, afghan is stand, was an opportunity for specific technologies. and the companies associated with those technologies to come into prominence and there was some money to be made . the surge, vast surgeon, people fleeing off gun astound

on we heard from scott ritter, a former marine corps intelligence officer. he told us at places like one panama was band to create extremis. the united states is very rarely has 100 percent accurate information on people. we detained that these people for, for many years. if i were detained off the street as an innocent person and subjected to in humane treatment in an illegal facility for a number of years by an occupying party. and then i was released, my life would focus solely on killing those people. so when, when people get radicalized by undergoing an experience that no human being should be subjected to, we shouldn't be surprised. it's 100 percent counterproductive. i mean, anybody was, any brain knows that this is not how you go forward. i mean, last kinda sounds of weiss president has vowed to keep up the fight against the taliban. i'm wrote a solid tweet to the he was inside the country was now in fact the acting president or port say around 10000, ask our troops on their way to punch ship province to join the resistance. this area is very close.

we have scott ritter. he is a former intelligence officer and the united nations weapons inspector. and in kabul, we have talked with him. he is a conflict. peace and security expert, or tell me cross our rules and effects. that means he can jump in anytime you want . and i always appreciate when we go to scott, 1st, many of us watching this conflict for 2 decades expected this outcome was only the date that mattered most here. made my introduction, i said, i call it a complete and utter failure. the american people are poor and no one is held account. and if no one is held account, scott, then it's going to happen again. go ahead your thoughts. of course it's going to happen again. it's in the, it's in the d. n a or the united states. so when we intervene, we intervene using a american centered template that is designed to placate domestic political factions. here in the united states, not to solve problems overseas, we've seen this almost everywhere. united states intervenes afghanistan was doomed to fail from the start because we didn't respect. you know, how soon tribal sensitiv

we have scott ritter. he is a former intelligence officer and the united nations weapons inspector. and in kabul, we have will start with him. he is a conflict. peace and security expert, or a gentleman, cross talk, rules and effects. that means he can jump in anytime you want. and i always appreciate, let me go to scott 1st. many of us watching this conflict for 2 decades expected this outcome was only the date that mattered most here. made my introduction, i said, i call it a complete and utter failure. the american people are poor and no one is held account. and if no one is held account, scott, then it's going to happen again. go ahead your thoughts. of course it's going to happen again. it's in the, it's, it's in the d, n a or the united states. so when we intervene, we intervene using a american centered template that is designed to placate domestic political factions. here in the united states, not to solve problems overseas, we've seen this almost everywhere. united states intervenes afghanistan was doomed to fail from the start because we didn't respect you asked to tribal

now we also heard from former us marine corps intelligence officer, scott ritter. he does think that someone needs to be held accountable so that lessons can be learned. first of all, the issue accountability is 100 percent, correct? i mean we have a failure of policy that seems to be driven by political objectives that overrode operational reality. there has to be accountability or else there, there will be no lessons learned from this in this take. so on this point, illusion occur sheller is 100 percent correct. i take umbrage it to the way he got his message across. he was really relief for cause because his job was to train young marines to be prepared to fight in future conflicts. his job was not to be critical of policies passed by is senior leadership to while i sympathize with his position, he had no right to do this a while. he was uniform and he was fired. justifiably so we cannot have a situation where military officers feel that they have a duty to be critically outside of the chain of command about policies. they disagree with, or else we'd have chaos,

we had from scott ritter, a former marine corps intelligence officer. he told us a places like one tom though, back to create extreme us. the united states is very rarely has 100 percent accurate information on people. we detained the these people for, for many years. if i were detained off the street as an innocent person and subjected to in humane treatment in an illegal facility for a number of years by an occupying party. and then i was released, my life would focus solely on killing those people. so when, when people get radicalized by undergoing an experience that no human being should be subjected to, we shouldn't be surprised. and it's 100 percent counterproductive. i mean, anybody with any brain knows that this is not how you go forward. after the taliban takeover, the red cross will keep back, can stop in afghanistan and continue providing assistance to sides. or recently the age organization reported since june the foster had treated 40000 people wounded and fighting, and the country all felt for august alone so far is 8000. the red cross dir