>> Martha: THERE YOU HAVE IT.
THE PRESIDENT IS TONE WITH HIS
STATEMENT.
A FEW SHOUTED QUESTIONS AT THE
END.
HE CHOSE NOT TO ANSWER THEM.
HE TALKED A LOT ABOUT WANTING TO
END THIS WAR.
HE SAYS IT WAS ALWAYS HIS
INTENTION TO GET OUT BUT BLAMED
THE PRIOR ADMINISTRATION, THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, SAYING
THAT THEY HEMMED HIM IN TO THE
WAY THAT HE COULD GET OUT AND HE
DIDN’T WANT TO LEAVE -- HE
DIDN’T WANT TO ADD MORE TROOPS
IN ORDER TO STAY AND HE FELT
THAT THAT WAS THE ONLY OPTION
THAT HE HAD.
A LOT OF INTERESTING COMMENTS IN
HERE.
I WANT TO BRING IN GENERAL JACK
KEANE, FOX NEWS STRATEGIC AN
LIST AND CHAIRMAN NOR THE
INSTITUTE OF THE STUDY OF WAR
AND FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US TODAY.
HE SAID THIS WAS AN
EXTRAORDINARILY SUCCESSFUL
MISSION WITH REGARD TO THE
AIRLIFT.
YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT AND
OVERALL, WHAT WE JUST HEARD FROM
THE PRESIDENT.
>> YEAH, SOMEONE IS MAKING A
STRONG DEFENSE OF HIS DECISION
MAKE PROCESS TO WITHDRAW ALL
TROOPS.
QUITE AN EMOTIONAL ONE AT THAT.
WHY DON’T WE ALL FEEL GOOD ABOUT
THIS?
NOBODY IN AMERICA I HAVE SPOKEN
TO FEELS GOOD ABOUT ANYTHING.
IT’S A NATIONAL DISGRACE.
GIVING THE MISREPRESENTATION OF
THE FACTS, THE BLAME GAME THAT
CONTINUES TO GO ON, NOT
ADMITTING THE MISTAKES HERE, IT
WILL TAKE A CONGRESSIONAL
COMMISSION OR MAJOR
CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION TO
DETERMINE JUST WHO DID WHAT AND
WHEN AND HOLD PEOPLE
ACCOUNTABLE.
THAT IS NOT HAPPENING HERE.
A COUPLE OF FACTS.
ONE, IT IS A FACT THAT THE
PRESIDENT BLEW OFF THE MILITARY
ADVISERS AND HIS INTELLIGENCE
ADVISERS ABOUT WITHDRAWING OUT
OF AFGHANISTAN. THEY WANTED TO STAY.
THEY WANTED TO STAY.
THE CIA DIRECTOR, HIS CIA DIRECT
OR THE SAID IF THE TALIBAN TAKES
OVER, THE RISK WILL BE THERE
BECAUSE OF THE SAFE HAVEN IN
AFGHANISTAN TODAY.
THAT’S TRUE TODAY.
THE RISK TODAY.
OUT OF THE MOUTH OF HIS CIA DIRECTOR.
AS PERTAINS TO PRESIDENT TRUMP,
I DIDN’T AGREE WITH HIM EITHER.
HE SAID HIS AGREEMENT WAS BASED
ON CONDITIONS.
THE TALIBAN HAD TO DO WHAT.
I READ THE FOUR-PAGE DOCUMENT
THAT THE AMBASSADOR THAT
NEGOTIATED THAT DEAL WHEN IT WAS
A DRAFT DOCUMENT.
I READ IT IN A HOTEL IN
WASHINGTON D.C.
JUST HIM AND ME.
I TOLD HIM IT WAS A SURRENDER
DOCUMENT.
BUT HERE WERE THE CONDITIONS.
THE CONDITIONS WERE RECOGNIZE
AND REJECT -- REJECT AL-QUAIDA,
ENTER INTO A PARTNER SHARING
ARRANGEMENT WITH THE LEADERS IN
KABUL.
NEITHER ONE OF THOSE CONDITIONS
WERE MET DESPITE THE FACT IN
KABUL WAS FORCED TO GIVE UP
5,000 PRISONERS.
IF THOSE CONDITIONS WERE NOT
MET, BIDEN LOOKED AT THIS AND
BLEW THOSE CONDITIONS OFF.
JUST LIKE HE BLEW OFF THE
MILITARY ADVICE AND HIS
INTELLIGENCE ADVICE.
HE THEN SET AN ARBITRARY DATE OF
31 OCTOBER.
31 AUGUST.
WHAT DID THAT TO?
THAT DENIED THE AFGHAN SECURITY
FORCES GETTING INTELLIGENCE AND
ROBUST AIR SUPPORT TO STOP THE
MAJOR OFFENSIVE WHICH WAS
ALREADY ONGOING.
HE’S BLOWING OFF OF THAT OFF.
MISREPRESENTED WHAT TOOK PLACE
AND DENIGRATING THE AFGHAN
SECURITY FORCES THAT SUFFERED
66,000 CASUALTIES OVER 20 YEARS.
45,000 OF COURSE WHEN WE STOPPED
GROUND COMBAT OPERATIONS.
AS TO THE EVACUATION ITSELF, IT
WAS A HUGE MISTAKE AND THAT
COMMANDER THAT HAS BEEN
IDENTIFIED PROBABLY ON FOX,
MAJOR CHRIS DONAHUE, ONE OF THE
MOST EXPERIENCED COMBAT
COMMANDERS WE’VE EVER HAD, YOU
DON’T THINK HE KNOWS THAT WHAT
HE WANTED AS A RESPONSIBILITY TO
DEFEND THE AIR FIELD THAT WE
WOULD HAVE SECURITY CHECKPOINTS
OURSELVES OUTSIDE THE GATE,
MAKING CERTAIN IT WAS A STANDOFF
FROM THE AIR FIELD ITSELF?
GIVE ME A BREAK HERE.
OF COURSE THAT’S WHAT HE WANTED.
THE PRESIDENT WAS OBSESSED WITH
AVOIDING CASUALTIES AND DIDN’T
WANT TROOPS OUT THERE TAKING
ADDITIONAL RISKS.
THAT’S THE FEEDBACK THAT I HAVE.
WHAT DID WE GET AS A RESULT OF
THAT?
BECAUSE WE OUTSOURCED THE
SECURITY OF THE AIR FIELD AND
THIS IS VERY TRAGIC.
WE DID GET THE CASUALTIES.
WE HAD OVER GO 00 CASUALTIES AND
SADLY AND TRAGICALLY 13 OF THEM
ARE OUR GUYS AND GALS.
I’M NOT SAYING THAT COULD HAVE
BEEN AVOIDED.
BUT I’M SAYING IF WE HAD THE
SECURITY IN PLACE AND WE WERE
RUNNING THE CHECKPOINTS WITH THE
BARRIERS THERE AND EVERYTHING
ELSE, I BELIEVE THAT THAT WOULD
HAVE BEEN FAR BETTER THAN WHAT
OUR PEOPLE WERE SUBJECTED TO AND
THE HORROR THAT THEY HAD TO GO
THROUGH.
THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR WHAT HAS
TAKEN PLACE AND IT’S NOT GOING
TO COME FROM THIS
ADMINISTRATION.
>> Martha: GENERAL McKENZIE SAID
THAT ALL WE NEED IS THE AIRPORT.
WE DON’T NEED ANYTHING ELSE.
YOU DON’T HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF
ALL OF KABUL TO GET A BIGGER
PERIMETER.