CANCEL THAT AND STAY HERE IN
D.C.
MARTHA?
>> Martha: THANKS.
LARA LOGAN JOINS ME NOW.
SHE’S REPORTED EXTENSIVELY ON AFGHANISTAN FOR TWO DECADES.
AFGHANISTAN FOR TWO DECADES.
SHE’S THE HOST OF "LARA LOGAN
HAS NO AGENDA."
LARA
LARA, GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.
I WANT TO GET TO THIS
"WASHINGTON POST" STORY AND YOUR
REACTION TO THIS.
WHAT IT SAYS IS THAT AFTER
PRESIDENT GHANNI FLED THE PALACE
AND THERE WAS A POWER VACUUM IN
KABUL, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION
BETWEEN GENERAL McKENZIE AND
OTHERS AND THE HEAD OF THE
TALIBAN WHO APPARENTLY ACCORDING
TO THIS REPORT TOLD THEM THAT
THE U.S. MISSION WAS ONLY TO
EVACUATE AMERICAN CITIZENS AND
ALLIES AND OTHERS AT RISK.
THE UNITED STATES TOLD HIM THAT
THEY WOULD NEED THE AIRPORT TO
DO THAT.
BUT THEY SAID WE HAVE A PROBLEM.
WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS TO DEAL WITH
THIS.
YOU, THE UNITED STATES MILITARY
TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR SECURING
KABUL OR ALLOW US TO DO IT.
APPARENTLY THE ANSWER IS ALL WE
NEED IS THE AIRPORT.
YOU CONTROL THE REST OF THE
CITY, TO WHICH RON CLAIN JUST
RETWEETED THAT THEY DID THE
RIGHT THING.
HE SAID NO, WE WERE RIGHT NOT TO
TAKE OVER SECURITY IN KABUL WHEN
THE TALIBAN ASKED IF WE WANTED
TO, WHICH CONFIRMS THAT STORY
FROM THE CHIEF OF STAFF.
LARA, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT
THIS?
>> I MEAN, THIS IS JUST
HILARIOUS.
WE’RE ACTUALLY HAVING A SERIOUS
CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THE
CHIEF OF THE TALIBAN TOLD THE
U.S. THAT THEY COULD OR COULDN’T
DO.
DOES ANYONE ELSE FEELING LIKE
WE’RE IN LA-LA LAND?
IT’S RIDICULOUS WHAT WE’RE NOT
TALKING ABOUT, WHAT HAS THE
UNITED STATES AGREED TO WITH THE
TALIBAN?
HAS THIS COUNTRY -- HAS THIS
GOVERNMENT AGREED TO RECOGNIZE
THE ISLAMIC TERRORISTS THAT ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR 9-11 AS THE
LEGITIMATE ISLAMIC EMIRATE
RULERS OF AFGHANISTAN?
ARE THEY GOING TO EMPOWER
AL-QUAIDA WITH UNPRECEDENTED
LEGITIMACY AND POWER ON THE 20th
ANNIVERSARY OF 9-11?
THAT’S THE ONLY THING THAT
REALLY MATTERS HERE.
EVERYTHING THAT YOU’RE SEEING IN
AFGHANISTAN NOW WILL BE HERE IN
THE UNITED STATES IF YOU EMPOWER
NOT JUST ONE ISLAMIC EMIRATE.
REMEMBER, AL-QUAIDA HAS ITS
AFFILIATES.
YOU’VE BEEN LIED TO FOR YEARS
AND TOLD THAT THESE
ORGANIZATIONS IN LIBYA AND MALI,
YOU DON’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
THEM.
THEY’RE NOT CON NECKED.
IT’S NOT TRUE.
THEY SHARE THE SAME IDEOLOGY AND
CONTROL.
THE HAQQANI NETWORK, THEY ARE
THE TALIBAN.
THEY ARE ALSO THE AFGHAN
AL-QUAIDA.
THEY ARE THE OLDEST AL-QUAIDA
MEMBERS IN AFGHANISTAN ALONG
WITH BIN LADEN’S HIGH GUARD.
THESE AL-QUAIDA LEADERS ARE
RETURNING TO AFGHANISTAN RIGHT
NOW.
SOME OF THEM WERE ALWAYS THERE.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT WE DID -- YOU
KNOW WHAT WE’RE NOT TALKING ANT,
MARTHA?
THE UNITED STATES MILITARY AND
THIS ADMINISTRATION KNEW FOR
MONTHS FOREIGN FIGHTERS WERE
FLOODING INTO PAKISTAN AND OVER
THE BORDER.
WHY ARE WE NOT TALKING ACT
SANCTIONS ON PAKISTAN?
THEY CONTROL THE HAQQANI
NETWORK.
THE LEADERSHIP IS BASED THERE.
THEY DON’T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT
PAKISTAN.
WHY AREN’T WE ASKING PAKISTAN
FOR ANSWERS IF WE REALLY DIDN’T
KNOW THIS WAS HAPPENING?
WHICH NOBODY BELIEVES FOR A
SECOND.
WHY AREN’T WE ASKING PAKISTAN TO
STOP IT?
IF YOU DIDN’T WANT THE MARINES
TO DIE, YOU HAD TO TAKE CHARGE.
WHY DID WE CEDE CONTROL TO THE
TALIBAN IN THE FIRST PLACE?
YOU DIDN’T MAKE A DEAL TO
WITHDRAW.
YOU COULD HAVE WITHDRAWN.
WHAT CONGRESS NEEDS TO PAY
ATTENTION TO IS NOT RECOGNIZE
THE ISLAMIC EMIRATE OF THE
TALIBAN, WHICH WILL LEAD TO THE
ISLAMIC EMIRATES OF LIBYA AND
YEMEN AND EVERYWHERE ELSE.
THIS IS THE CALIPHATE.
THE POLITICAL HEART HOFF THE
CALIPHATE.
MAY NOT BE THE VIOLENT ISIS
CALIPHATE BUT THE GREATEST
VICTORY IN THEIR HISTORY SINCE
THEY BEGAN.
>> Martha: I MEAN, THEY SEEM
DUMBFOUNDED THEMSELVES THAT
KABUL FELL INTO THEIR HANDS AS
QUICKLY AS IT DID.
THEY SAID THIS IS THE MOST