EARLY LAST YEAR HE WAS SAYING
THAT THIS COULD LEAD TO A LOT OF
VOLATILITY AND WORSE.
JOE LIEBERMAN WITH US RIGHT NOW.
SENATOR, SADLY, IT PLAYED OUT AS
YOU FEAR IT MIGHT.
NOW TERROR ATTACKS POSSIBILITY
IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
WHERE DO YOU SEE THIS GOING?
>> NOWHERE GOOD.
LAST YEAR GENERAL JACK KEANE,
THE FORMER VICE CHIEF OF THE
ARMY AND I WORKED TOGETHER A
LONG TIME.
WE TALKED ABOUT IT.
GENERAL KEANE WAS RESPECTED BY
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
SO AMONG MANY OTHERS.
SO WE DID AN OPEN LETTER TO
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND WE SAID
PLEASE, MR. PRESIDENT, CONTINUE
GO AHEAD WITH YOUR PLAN TO
WITHDRAW FROM AFGHANISTAN
BECAUSE IT WOULD AMOUNT TO
SURRENDER TO THE TALIBAN, AN
ENEMY OF OURS AND IT WOULD BE A
GREAT STRATEGIC ERROR BECAUSE
WE’RE NOT AT WAR.
THIS IS WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP
SAID AND PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS IT
ALL THE TIME NOW.
IT’S AN ENDLESS WE’RE.
BUT WERE NOT DOWN TO WAR.
WE WERE DOWN TO 2,500 AMERICAN
TROOPS FROM OVER 150,000 WHEN WE
WERE AT WAR.
AND THEIR MISSION WAS COUNTER
TERRORISM.
TO KEEP THE TERRORISTS OUT OF
AFGHANISTAN FROM WHICH WE WERE
STRUCK ON 9-11.
OF COURSE, WHAT HAS HAPPENED,
TRAGICALLY NOW IS YOU PULL BACK
AS PRESIDENT BIDEN ORDERED AND
WHAT HAPPENS NATURALLY?
THE COUNTER TERRORIST FORCES ARE
GONE, THE TERRORISTS COME BACK
IN.
THE TALIBAN IS A TERRORIST
OPERATION, HATES US.
THEY WANT TO KILL AMERICANS AND
HAS DONE SO FOR 20 YEARS.
THINK ABOUT HAKANI THAT IS ON
THE TERROR LIST AS THE HEAD OF
SECURITY IN KABUL IS OUTRAGEOUS.
>> Neil: SO YOU WOULD IGNORE
THIS -- WE HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY
ABOUT BECAUSE THE TERRORISTS,
THE BAD GUYS ARE FIGHTING AMONG
THEMSELVES.
ISIS-K, THE SPLINTER GROUP, PART
OF THE PAKISTANI TALIBAN DOING
THEIR OWN THING NOW.
THEY’RE FIGHTING IT OUT.
WE DON’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
THAT.
THIS IS THE COUNTRY THAT WILL
DEVELOP WITH THESE GUYS
DESTROYING IT.
NO WORRY HERE.
YOU SAY?
>> IT’S NONSENSE.
IT’S LIKE SAYING THAT THERE WERE
TWO DRUG GANGS AT WAR AND SOME
AMERICAN CITIES FIGHTING FOR
TURF.
SOMEHOW ONE OF THEM IS GOOD AND
ONE OF THEM IS BAD.
THEY’RE BOTH TERRIBLE.
THEY’RE BOTH POISONING
AMERICANS, KILLING EACH OTHER,
KILLING BYSTANDERS.
THAT’S THE CASE HERE.
THE TALIBAN AND ISIS ARE BOTH
RADICAL ISLAMIC TERRORIST
GROUPS.
IF THEY HAVE THIS AGREEMENT,
IT’S ONLY OVER TURF.
WHO WILL BE IN CONTROL.
MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT, THESE
GROUPS AND A LOT OF THE OTHERS,
AL-QUAIDA AND OTHERS WILL POUR
INTO TALIBAN-CONTROLLED
AFGHANISTAN NOW.
THEY’RE OUR ENEMIES.
THEY WANT TO KILL US, BRING DOWN
OUR CIVILIZATION.
THIS IS WHAT THE THE REMOVAL OF
THE AMERICAN TROOPS HAS INVITED
TO HAPPEN.
IT’S HAPPENING.
I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE THING,
NEIL.
IN JUNE WHEN PRESIDENT BIDEN MET
WITH PRESIDENT PUTIN OF RUSSIA,
HE FORESEEN THE COST OF
WITHDRAWING OUR TROOPS FROM
AFGHANISTAN AND NOT HAVING A
COUNTER TERRORIST BASE THERE, HE
TOLD PRESIDENT PUTIN THAT HE WAS
PLANNING TO RELOCATE THAT
FUNCTION VERY IMPORTANT TO
ANOTHER CENTRAL ASIAN COUNTRY
NEAR AFGHANISTAN.
PUTIN SAID NO.
THAT WAS THE END OF IT FOR
PRESIDENT BIDEN.
IT SHOWS THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN
HIMSELF AS HE GOT CLOSE TO THE
ACTUAL WITHDRAWAL KNEW THAT HE
WAS SACRIFICING SOMETHING AND
THOUGHT HOW DIFFICULT WILL BE IT
BE NOW FOR THE UNITED STATES
FROM FAR AWAY, NOT ON THE
GROUND, NOT WITH A FRIENDLY
GOVERNMENT, TO COUNTER THESE
TERRORISTS FROM KILLING A LOT OF
PEOPLE IN THEIR COUNTRY AND
OUTSIDE INCLUDING IN THE U.S.A.
>> Neil: I HOPE YOU’RE WRONG ON
THAT BUT YOU’VE BEEN RIGHT ON
THE OTHER THINGS.
YOU’RE SO RIGHT WHEN YOU MENTION
PUTIN.
HE WAS NIXING A PLAN IN
COUNTRIES IN WHICH HE HAD NO
CONTROL.
>> YOU’RE RIGHT.
LOOK, WE’VE BEEN ALLOWING THE
BAD GUYS TO TELL US WHAT TO DO.
WE’RE THE STRONGEST COUNTRY IN
THE WORLD.
WE HAVE VALUES.
BUT YOU KNOW, PRESIDENT BIDEN
CLEARLY AND SHOULD HAVE KEPT OUR
TROOPS ON THE GROUND AFTER ALL
31 FOR THE EVACUATION.
WE’RE NOT GOING TO GET EVERYBODY
OUT BY THEN.
THE TALIBAN, OUR ENEMIES,
TERRORISTS SAYING NO.
WE WITHDRAW AND SAY OKAY, WE’LL
DO OUR BEST TO GET AS MANY
PEOPLE OUT AS WE CAN BY AUGUST
31.
A GREAT COUNTRY DOESN’T DO THAT.
I AGREE WITH THE PEOPLE THAT
HAVE BEEN ON TODAY BEFORE ME
SAYING WE SHOULD MOVE THE
PERIMETER OUT.
WE’RE THE U.S. MILITARY.
AT LEAST ONE THING WE COULD DO
THE NEXT FOUR DAYS TO PROTECT
AMERICANS AND AFGHANS, LET THE
AMERICAN MILITARY BE ON THE
PERIMETER FURTHER OUT, NOT THE
TALIBAN TERRORISTS THAT ARE NOT
OUR FRIENDS.
>> Neil: THAT’S THE NEXT STEP.
THAT COULD BE TESTED AS SOON AS
TOMORROW, SENATOR.
WE’LL SEE IF WE HAVE SUCCESS
EXPANDING THAT PERIMETER.
THANKS, SENATOR.
GOOD SEEING YOU.
>> THANK YOU, NEIL.
I HOPE I’M WRONG, BUT I’M
AFRAID --
>> Neil: THIS TIME, SENATOR I