WE’LL SEE YOU TOMORROW NIGHT.
HAVE THE BEST NIGHT.
HERE IS SEAN.
>> Sean: TUCKER, THANK YOU,
WELCOME TO "HANNITY"."
AMERICANS TRAPPED BEHIND M AND
ENEMY LINES, BEING KEPT AT THE
WHIM OF THE TALIBAN, YES, A
TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.
ON SUNDAY, THE ENTIRE COUNTRY OF
AFGHANISTAN FELL TO THE TALIBAN,
AS JOE BIDEN GEARS UP FOR YET
ANOTHER LONG WEEKEND IN
DELAWARE.
WOW.
ONLY THE AIRPORT REMAINS UNDER
U.S. CONTROL AT THIS HOUR
TONIGHT, THOUSANDS
OF AMERICANS AND THOUSANDS OF
OUR ALLIES HOPELESSLY STRANDED
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, AS WE
SAID, BEHIND ENEMY LINES.
AT THIS HOUR, THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION, THEY STILL DON’T
KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY.
JOE IS ESTIMATING ABOUT 15,000.
THEY DON’T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE
LOCATED.
THEY CAN’T EVEN TELL US EXACTLY
HOW MANY HAVE BEEN EVACUATED,
AND WORST OF ALL, THEY HAVE ZERO
PLAN TO RESCUE ANY AMERICANS,
AND ACCORDING TO
"THE WALL STREET JOURNAL," THIS
IS THE RETURN OF AMERICA HELD
HOSTAGE.
SOME 15,000 U.S. CITIZENS AND
RESIDENTS ARE BEHIND TALIBAN
LINES, AND THERE IS NO EASY WAY
TO GET THEM OUT.
THAT IS JUST A FACT.
THEY HAVE ALLOWED IT TO GET THAT
BAD.
AND AS WE SPEAK, THERE ARE OTHER
COUNTRIES AT LEAST TRYING, AND
THEY ARE EXTRACTING THEIR
CITIZENS WITH THEIR SPECIAL
FORCES.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE BRITISH ARE
CALLING IT OPERATION PITY.
BUT THE UNITED STATES, AS OF
NOW, HAS NO SUCH PROGRAM.
AND A PRESS CONFERENCE, THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TOLD US
THAT THE U.S. MILITARY IS UNDER
ORDERS TO PROTECT THE KARZAI
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
THAT IS IT.
ACCORDING TO A STATE DEPARTMENT
AND MEMO, THE UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT CANNOT ENSURE SAFE PA
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT."
WHAT THEY ARE SUGGESTING PEOPLE
MIGHT THINK ABOUT GOING THERE,
BUT WE CAN’T PROVIDE YOU SAFE
PASSAGE THERE, SO WE ARE
SECURING AN AIRPORT THAT PEOPLE
WILL TAKE GREAT RISK TO GET TO.
ONLY SOMEONE AS STUPID AS
JOE BIDEN COULD COME UP WITH A
PLAN LIKE THAT.
OF COURSE, NOW HE IS GOING ON
VACATION AGAIN.
ACCORDING TO REPORTS, THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION, THEY ARE LOOKING
FOR WHAT THEY CALL NONMILITARY
WAYS TO MOVE AMERICANS TO THE
AIRPORT, PAST OF THE TALIBAN.
OKAY, I’D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THAT
MIGHT BE, WHAT ARE THE PLANS?
LOOK AT YOUR SCREEN BECAUSE THIS
IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE OUTSIDE OF
THE AIRPORT.
IT IS CHAOS, IT IS CARNAGE.
TALIBAN FIGHTERS VICIOUSLY
BEATING, WHIPPING, STABBING
CROWDS, SEEMINGLY DOING IT AT
RANDOM, SHOTS RING OUT
CONSTANTLY.
MEN ARE ABDUCTED ON THE BACK OF
PICKUP TRUCKS.
EVEN AMERICAN JOURNALISTS HAVE
COME UNDER ATTACK.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> YOU CAN SEE THAT SOME OF
THESE TALIBAN FIGHTERS ARE JUST
POPPED UP ON ADRENALINE OR I
DON’T KNOW WHAT.
IT IS A VERY DICEY SITUATION.
SUDDENLY, TWO OTHER TALIBAN
CHARGED TOWARDS US.
YOU CAN SEE THEIR RIFLE RAISED
TO STRIKE OUR PRODUCER.
WHEN THE FIGHTERS ARE TOLD WE
HAVE PERMISSION TO REPORT, THEY
LOWER THEIR WEAPONS AND LET US
PASS.
>> NOW WE ARE GOING.
>> Sean: GOD HELP EVERY
AMERICAN THAT IS THERE NOW.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS NOW
BEYOND DANGEROUS.
ANYONE MAKING THEIR WAY TO THE
AIRPORT, THEY ARE LITERALLY
PUTTING THEIR LIVES IN THE HANDS
OF THE SAME VICIOUS TERRORISTS,
YEP, THAT ALLOWED THE PLOTTING
AND PLANNING AND SCHEMING OF
9/11 2001 BUT ACCORDING TO
JOE BIDEN, IT’S ALL GOING
ACCORDING TO PLAN.
KNOCK ON WOOD.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
>> GRANTED, IT TOOK TWO DAYS TO
TAKE CONTROL OF THE AIRPORT, WE
HAVE CONTROL OF THE AIRPORT NOW.
>> STILL A LOT OF PANDEMONIUM
OUTSIDE THE AIRPORT.
>> THERE IS.
BUT NO ONE IS BEING KILLED RIGHT
NOW.
GOD FORGIVE ME IF I AM WRONG
ABOUT THAT, BUT NO ONE IS BEING
KILLED RIGHT NOW.
>> Sean: NO ONE IS BEING
KILLED RIGHT NOW.
WELL, YOU ARE WRONG ABOUT THAT.
PEOPLE ARE BEING KILLED AND
BEATEN AND WHIPPED AND STABBED
AT CHECKPOINTS.
WE HAVE REPORTS TALIBAN FIGHTERS
ARE BLOCKING MANY FROM EVEN
GETTING THROUGH.
AND AMERICANS ARE BEING TOLD TO
ATTEMPT TO GET THERE, BUT
THEY CAN’T BE PROTECTED.
THERE IS NO GUARANTEE OF SAFETY.
NOW FLIGHTS ARE TAKING OFF HALF
EMPTY.
JOE BIDEN DOESN’T SEEM TO
REALIZE THE MAGNITUDE OF WHAT IS
GOING ON AND WHAT LED TO THIS
MESS AND HOW IT COULD HAVE BEEN
PREVENTED.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> WHAT HAPPENS NOW IN
AFGHANISTAN?
DO YOU BELIEVE THE TALIBAN HAVE
CHANGE?
>> NO.
I BELIEVE -- LET ME PUT IT THIS
WAY.
I THINK THEY ARE GOING THROUGH A
SORT OF EXISTENTIAL CRISIS
ABOUT, DO THEY WANT TO BE
RECOGNIZED BY THE INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY AS BEING A LEGITIMATE
GOVERNMENT?
I’M NOT SURE THEY DO.
BUT LOOK, I’M NOT SURE I WOULD
HAVE PREDICTED, GEORGE, NORWOOD
ANYONE ELSE, WHEN THEY DECIDE TO
LEAVE, PROVIDE SAFE PASSAGE
FOR AMERICANS TO GET OUT.
>> Sean: EXISTENTIAL CRISIS?
SAFE PASSAGE FROM TERRORISTS?
OKAY.
WHEN YOU SAW THAT THE TALIBAN
TOOK OVER 10% OF THE COUNTRY,
20% OF THE COUNTRY, 30% OF THE
COUNTRY, 40% OF THE COUNTRY, WHY
WAS THERE NO URGENCY THEN?
DOES THIS LOOK SAFE TO YOU,
JOE BIDEN, AS YOU MAKE YOUR WAY
BACK TO DELAWARE?
WOULD YOU WANT ONE OF YOUR LOVED
ONES OUTSIDE OF THAT AIRPORT,
BEHIND ENEMY LINES, GETTING
PISTOL WHIPPED, GETTING BEATEN,
GETTING SHOT, OR JUST IN FEAR OF
ALL OF THE ABOVE?
LOOK AT YOUR SCREEN.
THESE ARE AFGHAN FAMILIES
LITERALLY PASSING THEIR BABIES
OVER A WALL, COVERED WITH RAZOR
WIRE, BEGGING THE BRITISH TO
TAKE THEIR CHILDREN, BECAUSE
THEY KNOW THAT THEIR CHILDREN
WILL BE MURDERED BY THE TALIBAN
IF THEY DON’T GET INSIDE OF THAT
AIRPORT.
THINK HOW DESPERATE A MOTHER OR
FATHER WOULD HAVE TO BE TO DO
SUCH A THING, BUT THEY DO IT
BECAUSE THAT’S ALL THEY THINK
THEY CAN DO TO SAVE THEIR KIDS.
BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHAT THE
TALIBAN IS ALL ABOUT IT, AND HOW
THEY TREAT PEOPLE.
NOW, THERE IS NO SAFE PASSAGE,
NOT FOR THE AFGHAN PEOPLE, NOT
FOR AMERICANS, NOT FOR THE
ALLIES, NOT FOR THE INTERPRETERS
THAT WE PROMISED WE WOULD
PROTECT, AND NOW WE ARE
WITNESSING WHAT IS ONE OF THE
BIGGEST HOSTAGE SITUATIONS IN
THE HISTORY OF THE U.S. AND THE
BIGGEST MILITARY DEBACLE IN THE
HISTORY OF THE U.S., AND YOU
HAVE A PRESIDENT SO CHECKED OUT
THAT HE IS SPENDING MOST OF HIS
SPARE HOURS ON VACATION, WITH NO
PLAN, EXCEPT THAT, WELL, THE
TALIBAN HAS SAID THAT THEY ARE
GOING TO ALLOW SAFE PASSAGE TO
THE AIRPORT, WHEN WE KNOW THAT
IS NOT HAPPENING, CONSIDERING
THEY HAVE MULTIPLE CHECKPOINTS,
THEY HAVE SURROUNDED THE ENTIRE
PERIMETER OF THE AIRPORT, AND
NOBODY IS GETTING THROUGH UNLESS
THEY GET TALIBAN PERMISSION.
AND EVEN WORSE, SO MANY INNOCENT
SOULS ARE ALREADY DEAD, BUT
ACCORDING TO BIDEN, THIS IS
REALLY MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING,
APPARENTLY.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> WE HAVE ALL SEEN THOSE
PICTURES, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
PACKED INTO A C17.
HAVE SEEN AFGHANS --
>> THAT WAS FOUR DAYS AGO, FIVE
DAYS AGO.
>> WELL, YOU DON’T THINK THIS
COULD HAVE BEEN HANDLED, THIS
EXIT COULD HAVE BEEN HANDLED ANY
BETTER IN ANY WAY?
NO MISTAKES?
>> NO, I DON’T THINK IT COULD
HAVE BEEN HANDLED ANYWAY -- WE
ARE GOING TO GO BACK IN
HINDSIGHT AND LOOKED, BUT THE
IDEA THAT SOMEHOW, THERE IS A
WAY TO HAVE GOTTEN OUT WITHOUT
CHAOS ENSUING, I DON’T KNOW HOW
THAT HAPPENS.
>> Sean: WELL, YOU COULD HAVE
DONE IT BEFORE THEY MADE THEIR
MARCH TO KABUL.
YOU DID NOT HAVE TO GET THEM TO
THE AIR FORCE BASE, EITHER.
YOU COULD HAVE ACTED EARLIER.
IT DIDN’T HAVE TO GO
CHAOTICALLY.
IT COULD HAVE GONE VERY
SMOOTHLY.
LOGISTICS COULD HAVE BEEN
EMPLOYED.
WE COULD HAVE HAD A PLAN TO
EXTRACT, IDENTIFY EVERY AMERICAN
AND GET THEM OUT WEEKS BEFORE.
BUT BIDEN SAID THE TALIBAN TAKE
OVER, WELL, WAS NOT INEVITABLE.
JOE WAS JUST TELLING US THAT A
COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
HE WAS REASSURING THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE THAT THE AFGHAN ARMY, ONE
OF THE MOST CAPABLE,
WELL-TRAINED ARMIES IN THE
WORLD, AND THAT THEY EVEN HAD AN
AIR FORCE, AND THAT ONLY 75,000
TALIBAN, AND THEN THE TALIBAN
MAKES THEIR MARCH AND EVERY STEP
OF THE WAY, JOE APPARENTLY
DIDN’T NOTICE.
HE SAID THERE WOULD BE NO
CHAOTIC SCENES AT THE
U.S. EMBASSY IN KABUL, WITH
HELICOPTERS SEEM SIMILAR TO THE
FALL OF SAIGON IN ’75.
YES, WE HAVE THOSE THEMES, THEN
HE PULLED AMERICAN SOLDIERS OUT
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
HE ABANDONED THE GROUND AIR
BASE, DISMANTLED TRUMP’S
CONTINGENCY, CRISIS RESPONSE
BUREAU, THAT WAS BACK IN
JUNE, HE DISMANTLED THAT.
THAT WAS SET UP BY
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND SECRETARY OF
STATE POMPEO TO PROVIDE
AVIATION, LOGISTICS, MEDICAL
SUPPORT TO AMERICANS IF THEY GET
TRAPPED ABROAD.
WHY WOULD A VIEW OF GOTTEN RID
OF THAT PROGRAM?
AND JOE STOOD BY AND DID NOTHING
AS THE TALIBAN MADE ALL OF THESE
RAPID ADVANCES, ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS.
THEY ACTED LIKE IT WASN’T
HAPPENING.
IN FACT, AN INTERNAL
STATE DEPARTMENT CABLE IN JULY
ACTUALLY WARNED OF KABUL IS
IMMINENT COLLAPSE.
JOE DID NOTHING.
AND NOW WE ARE EXPERIENCING WHAT
IS THE SINGLE WORST FOREIGN
POLICY CRISIS AND DEBACLE EVER.
THE LIVES OF THOUSANDS OF
AMERICANS ARE LITERALLY IN THE
HANDS OF EVIL TERRORISTS.
OUR AFGHAN PARTNERS, THEY HAVE
BEEN ABANDONED AND LEFT FOR
DEAD, AND I CAN PROMISE YOU,
THOSE LEFT BEHIND WILL DIE.
GRUESOME DEATHS.
OUR ALLIES RIGHTLY NO LONGER
TRUST US.
OUR ENEMIES ARE ONLY EMBOLDENED.
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN U.S.
WEAPONS, THEY DIDN’T HAVE A PLAN
TO REMOVE THEM, OR AT LEAST
DESTROY THEM.
YOU KNOW, NIGHT VISION GOGGLES,
PLANES, HELICOPTERS, ARMORED
VEHICLES, YEAH, THAT YOU PAID
FOR, THEY ARE NOW IN THE HANDS
OF THE TALIBAN.
THAT MAKES THEM EVEN STRONGER.
AND TODAY, JOE BIDEN HAD NO
PUBLIC EVENTS AGAIN.
THE LATE, I’M DONE AT 3:30 IN
THE AFTERNOON.
NO PRESS BRIEFING, I GUESS
JEN PSAKI IS BACK ON VACATION
BECAUSE WE DIDN’T HEAR FROM HER,
WE HAVE NOT HEARD A WORD FROM
KAMALA HARRIS AND MORE THAN A
WEEK, AND THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN
LIVES ARE AT RISK AT THIS HOUR,
AND THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS
COMPLETELY TOTALLY DETACHED AND
OUT TO LUNCH.
THIS IS, BY EVERY DEFINITION, A
DERELICTION OF DUTY.
IF JOE BIDEN IS NOT UP FOR THIS
JOB, WE’VE JOKED ABOUT IT, WE
HAVE KIDDED ABOUT IT, WE HAVE
SHOWN YOU THE VIDEO, AND THEN WE
STOPPED LAUGHING ABOUT IT
BECAUSE IT’S NOT FUNNY.
BECAUSE SEEING JOE BIDEN, WEAK
AND FRAIL AND A COGNITIVE MASS,
IS NOT GOOD FOR THE
UNITED STATES.
IT’S NOT GOOD FOR OUR FELLOW
CITIZENS, THOSE TRAPPED BEHIND
ENEMY LINES TONIGHT, AND IT’S
NOT GOOD FOR THE WORLD, EITHER.
IF HE DOESN’T CARE ABOUT THE
LIVES OF AMERICANS ABROAD, IF
HE’S NOT UP TO THIS JOB, HE
NEEDS TO EITHER STEP DOWN OR BE
REMOVED.
IF HE JUST WANTS TO LIVE OUT HIS
REMAINING DAYS ON A BEACH IN
DELAWARE, I’M FINE WITH THAT.
STEPPED DOWN, LET SOMEONE MORE
CAPABLE TAKE OVER.
SOMEONE THAT MAY HAVE A SENSE OF
URGENCY ABOUT HOW DIRE THE
SITUATION IS AND THE AMOUNT OF
POTENTIAL POWER AND LEVERAGE
THAT HE HAS NOW SINGLE-HANDEDLY
GIVEN THE TERRORIST ORGANIZATION
ORGANIZATION, AND GOD FORBID,
WHAT I CAN THINK OF IN MY MIND,
WHICH I WILL NOT EXPRESS, THEY
COULD DO TO THE AMERICANS HELD
BEHIND ENEMY LINES.
WE PRAY FOR THOSE AMERICANS FROM
EVERY ONE OF THEM.
WE WANT THEM HOME SAFELY.
THEY ARE TRAPPED IN AFGHANISTAN.
WE PRAY FOR OUR FRIENDS, WE PRAY
FOR OUR ALLIES WHO HAVE BEEN
ABANDONED, AND WE PRAY ALSO THAT
AS MANY LIVES AS POSSIBLE,
HOPEFULLY, PRAYERFULLY, EVERY
LIFE WILL BE SAVED BEFORE IT IS
TOO LATE.
IF IT DOES WORK OUT THAT WAY, IT