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LARRY: JEN PSAKI TELLING
REPORTERS TODAY THERE IS NO RUSH
TO RECOGNIZE THE TALIBAN AS THE
OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT OF
AFGHANISTAN.
THEN SHE SAID IT WILL BE
DEPENDENT ON THEIR ACTIONS.
REALLY, ON THEIR ACTIONS?
JOINING TO US TALK ABOUT THOSE
ACTIONS, U.S. ARMY NATIONAL
GUARD COLONEL, GREEN BERET WHO
SERVED IN AFGHANISTAN, FLORIDA
CONGRESSMAN MICHAEL WALTZ.
MICHAEL, WE WELCOME YOU BACK TO
THE SHOW.
>> THANK YOU, LARRY.
LARRY: WE ALWAYS CONGRATULATE
YOU ON YOUR SERVICE.
I LOVE THIS, THERE IS NO RUSH TO
RECOGNIZE THE TALIBAN AND IT’S
DEPEND END ON THE STEPS THE
TALIBAN IS GOING TO TAKE.
I GO, HUH?
, JUST LIKE THE TALIBAN 2.0.
WE’RE LEARNING THEIR NEW
GOVERNMENT, MICHAEL, THANK YOU
NEW GOVERNMENT HAS HAQQANI IN
THERE, THEY’RE ALL MULLAHS.
I DON’T SEE ANY CIVILIAN NAMES.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT
RECOGNIZING THE TALIBAN?
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT
DEPENDING ON WHAT STEPS THEY’RE
GOING TO TAKE?
>> BASICALLY WHAT SAKI IS
SAYING, WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION
HAS BEEN HINTING AT NOW FOR
WEEKS IS THAT RECOGNITION IS ON
THE TABLE.
IF YOU KNOW, THEY SEE TALIBAN DO
CERTAIN THINGS, RIGHT?
AND WITH THAT RECOGNITION AS YOU
AND I TALKED ABOUT WITHIN THE
ACCESS TO BILLIONS IN FOREIGN
CURRENCY, WITH THE ACCESS TO IMF
LOANS, WITH INTERNATIONAL
RECOGNITION, A CENTRAL BANK, WE
WOULD ESSENTIALLY HAVE A
TERRORIST MEGASTATE.
WE’VE ALREADYALLY GIVEN THEM AN
ARMY.
NOW THEY HAVE BILLIONS TO MESS
WITH.
ON TOP OF THAT, YOU HAVE, LET’S
LOOK AT SOME OF THEM JUST
ANNOUNCED IN THEIR GOVERNMENT.
FOUR OUT OF THE FIVE, BY THE
WAY, THE "TALIBAN FIVE" THAT
WERE TRADED FOR BERGDAHL, WHICH
I AS SPECIAL FORCES OFFICER HAD
TO LEAD THE SEARCH FOR, IF YOU
REMEMBER THE TRAITOR FROM A FEW
YEARS AGO, ARE NOW BACK IN
CHARGE.
THAT TRADE OF COURSE WAS DONE BY
THIS SAME CREW, BLANK KEN,
BIDEN, AUSTIN, SULLIVAN, ALL OF
THEM.
THAT IS ONE PIECE.
THE OTHER PIECE THE HEAD OF THE
INTERIOR MINISTRY IN CHARGE OF
THEIR BORDER ENFORCEMENT, THEIR
POLICE FORCE, IS A TERRORIST BY
THE NAME SARAJ HAQQANI.
THE HEAD OF THE HAQQANI NETWORK,
FORMERLY DESIGNATED TEAR IT
ENTITY WITH VERY CLOSE TIES TO
AL QAEDA.
THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.
THE SAME OLD TALIBAN, THE SAME
OLD TERRORISTS, THE ONLY THING
THAT CHANGED THEY IMPROVED THEIR
PROPAGANDA MACHINE AND HAVE A
BUNCH OF TERRORIST APPEASERS
SITTING IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND
STATE DEPARTMENT.
LARRY: FROM YOUR INFORMATION
FLOWS AND INSIDER STUFF, ARE THE
TALIBAN GOING DOOR-TO-DOOR?
ARE THERE EXECUTIONS?
I MEAN I READ ABOUT THIS STUFF.
>> YEAH.
LARRY: I HATE TO SOUND INHUMAN
BUT IT ALL HAS A FAMILIAR RING
TO IT.
I DON’T KNOW WHY ANYBODY IS
SURPRISED.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW, MICHAEL WALTZ
ABOUT THIS?
>> THEY ARE GOING DOOR-TO-DOOR.
THEY ARE LOOKING THROUGH LISTS
AND BIOMETRICS THEY SEIZED FROM
OF THE VARIOUS MINISTRIES AND
FROM OUR OWN BASES.
THERE IS CREDIBLE REPORTING BY
THE BBC THEY JUST KILLED AN
8-MONTH-OLD PREGNANT POLICE
WOMAN IN FRONT OF THEIR FAMILY.
I TOLD YOU ABOUT ONE OF MY
INTERPRETERS THAT WAS BEHEADED
AND MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY.
SO, YES THIS IS THE SAME OLD
TALIBAN.
NOW IN KABUL WHILE THEY’RE
SIPPING TEA IN DOHA QATAR,
SITTING AT A FIVE-STAR HOTEL
THEY’RE PRESENTING A MUCH
DIFFERENT FACE.
THEY’RE SAYING DIFFERENT THINGS.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE ACTIONS
GOING ON THE GROUND THIS IS,
THESE ARE A BUNCH OF OF AGAIN
GENOCIDAL THUGS WITH A VERY
WARPED INTERPRETATION OF SHARIA
LAW, ACCORDING TO BIDEN’S OWN
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE, CLOSE
TIES TO AL QAEDA.
IT THEY KNOW AL QAEDA IS COMING
ROARING BACK.
THIS WILL BE A REPEAT OF WHAT WE
SAW IN IRAQ.
THE THE OBAMA-BIDEN CREW TOOK US
OUT AND YEARS LATER, FACING SIZE
OF ISIS BASE SIZE OF INDIANA AND
LAUNCHING ATTACKS AROUND THE
WORLD.
THIS TIME WE HAVE FAR FEWER
TOOLS TO DEAL WITH IT.
WE’LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT.
FUTURE AMERICAN SOLDIERS WILL
SUFFER AND WE’LL SPEND BLOOD AND
TREASURE DEALING WITH THIS
PROBLEM THAT BIDEN HAS CREATED.
LARRY: IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL
THIS, TO YOUR LAST POINT,
MICHAEL WALTZ, GENERAL MILLEY
ALMOST SAID THAT I MEAN HE IS
FINALLY ACKNOWLEDGED THIS IS
GOING TO BE A TERRORIST HAVEN
AND IT IS NOT GOING TO BE GOOD
AND IT IS NOT GOING TO END WELL.
>> YEAH.
LARRY: AFTER ALL OF THIS, YOU
KNOW, GIVING UP THE AIRPORT,
GIVING UP THE EQUIPMENT,
BUNGLING THE CHECKPOINTS AND ALL
THE REST OF THE MISTAKES HAVE
BEEN MADE, I BLAME THE
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF FIRST AND
FOREMOST, I BLAME THE
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF BUT MILLEY
ALMOST SAID IT WILL BE BAD AND
WE’LL HAVE TO GO AFTER THEM,
WHAT YOU JUST SAID.
>> INTELLIGENCE IS THERE THEY
HAVE BEEN BRIEFING US FOR MONTHS
AND MONTHS.
I WROTE A BOOK ON THIS YEARS AGO
THAT THIS IS HOW THIS WAS GOING
TO UNFOLD EXCEPT NOW IT IS WORSE
BECAUSE WHEN THEY DO HAVE TO GO
BACK TO DEAL WITH IT, WHEN WE
HAD TO GO BACK TO DEAL WITH ISIS
AROUND IRAQ WE HAD BASES IN
TURKEY, ISRAEL, THE GULF STATES.
WE HAD THE KURDS ON THE GROUND
TO DEAL WITH IT, LOCAL PARTNERS
TO PARTNER WITH US.
AROUND AFGHANISTAN WE HAVE NO
BASES.
OUR LOCAL ALLIES ARE BEING
HUNTED DOWN.
NOT A SINGLE COUNTRY AROUND
AFGHANISTAN ARE GOING TO HELP
NOR ARE THEY GOING TO BECAUSE
CHINA AND RUSSIA WON’T LET THEM.
NOW WE’LL FACE A TERRORIST ARMY
ARMED TO THE TEETH WITH OUR OWN
EQUIPMENT.
AND YOU KNOW, IF BIDEN GOES DOWN
THIS ROAD OF RECOGNIZING THEM,
THEY WILL HAVE THE POWERS OF A
TREASURY BEHIND THEM AND AN
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WE’RE
HELPING THEM SET UP TO LAUNCH
AL QAEDA, ISIS, OTHER TERRORISTS
ALL OVER THE WORLD.
IT IS MIND-BLOWING, INCOMPETENT,
UNCONSCIONABLE, FRANKLY
UNFORGIVEABLE.
LARRY: CONGRESSMAN WALTZ, ONE
POINT CONFUSING.
MAZAR-I-SHARIF, THIS AIRPORT
BUSINESS, WHERE PLANES ARE ON
THE GROUND HELD UP WITH PEOPLE
IN IT, READY TO BRING, SOME
PEOPLE ARE BLAMING THE TALIBAN,
SOME PEOPLE ARE BLAMING THE
STATE DEPARTMENT.
APPARENTLY SECRETARY BLINKEN
SAID I THINK TODAY IT IS NOT THE
TALIBAN.
AND I THINK THE FINGERS ARE NOW
POINTING MORE AND MORE TOWARDS
THE STATE DEPARTMENT AND THEIR
HOLD-UP FOR A VARIETY OF WHAT I
CALL BUREAUCRATIC PAPERWORK
REASONS BUT THAT MAY NOT BE THE
WHOLE STORY.
WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE RIGHT
STORY AT THIS STAGE?
>> LARRY, BOTH CAN BE TRUE.
STATE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN
DRAGGING ITS FEET AND I KNOW
THAT FOR SURE, I’M TALKING TO
VETERANS GROUPS DAY IN, DAY OUT,
THEY HAVE DONE ALL THE
GROUNDWORK TO GET AMERICANS,
GREEN CARDHOLDERS, AFGHAN SIV
THROUGH TALIBAN CHECKPOINTS INTO
SAFE HOUSES.
CHARTER PLANE IN.
DONORS PROVIDED FUNDING FOR FUEL
AND PILOTS BUT THE STATE
DEPARTMENT HAD TO ENGAGE THIRD
COUNTRIES AND SO IF YOU WATCHED
THEIR TWIST OF WORDS, THEY SAID
WE’RE NOT BLOCKING THAT.
NO, THEY’RE NOT BLOCKING IT.
THAT IS TECHNICALLY TRUE BUT
THEY’RE ALSO NOT ACTIVELY
ENGAGING THESE COUNTRIES TO GET
THE LANDING RIGHTS.
THEN BLINKEN SAYS, WELL, THE
TALIBAN HAS NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE
BLOCKED ANYONE FROM LEAVING BUT
YET IN THE SAME BREATH HE SAYS
BUT IF THEY DETERMINE THAT THE
PAPERWORK IS INVALID OF COURSE
THEY WILL NOT LET THEM GO.
I GUESS THE TALIBAN ARE NOW TSA
AGENTS AND CUSTOMS OFFICIALS.
SO AT THE END OF THE DAY THIS IS
A HOSTAGE SITUATION.
THEY HAVE BACKED US INTO IT.
THE TALIBAN WILL SEEK ALL THOSE
THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT,
RECOGNITION, FUNDING, THE
ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE AND IN ORDER
TO LET OUR PEOPLE GO AND THE
PROOF IS POSITIVE, THE PLANES
ARE STILL THERE AND THEY HAVE
BEEN THERE FOR DAYS.
WHETHER IT IS THE TALIBAN, STATE
DEPARTMENT, YOU NAME IT, OUR
AMERICANS ARE STILL TRAPPED AND
THAT IS AGAIN, THAT’S
OUTRAGEOUS.
LARRY: UNACCEPTABLE, ABSOLUTELY.
I THINK YOU’RE RIGHT.
THE CHARACTERIZATION OF A
HOSTAGE SITUATION IS ACCURATE
AND I DON’T SEE THE STATE
DEPARTMENT UNDERSTANDING THAT OR
MR. BLINKEN UNDERSTANDING THAT.
ONE OTHER ONE BEFORE I LET YOU
GO.
YOU’RE WONDERFUL TO GIVE US ALL
THE TIME, ALL THE INFORMATION,
CONGRESSMAN, WE APPRECIATE IT SO
MUCH.
>> AMERICANS DESERVE IT AND OUR
ALLIES DESERVE IT.
THEY DESERVE BETTER THAN WHAT
THEY’RE GETTING FROM WASHINGTON,
D.C., FROM NOW.
LARRY: I’M NOT LETTING THIS
STORY GO, I REFUSE, I’M NOT
LETTING THIS STORY GO.
SIR, IS THE STATE DEPARTMENT OR
ANYTHING GIVING ANY HELP TO THE
PINEAPPLE EXPRESS, PRIVATE
SECTOR EFFORTS TO GET PEOPLE OUT
ONE WAY OR THE OTHER?
ARE THEY GETTING ANY HELP AT
ALL?
>> THAT IS THE THING.
WE HAVE THESE STORIES WHO
DESERVES CREDIT.
WE GOT PEOPLE OVER OVER A LAND
BORDER.
NOW THE STATE DEPARTMENT
OFFICIALS OH, WE DID THE WORK,
IT IS NOT ABOUT CREDIT.
THIS IS ABOUT MISSION.
THIS IS ABOUT SAVING LIVES.
ANTONY BLINKEN SHOULD HAVE THE
VETERANS GROUPS IN A CEREMONY,
PUTTINGS HIS ARMS AROUND THEM
THANKING THEM ALONG WITH THE
PEOPLE WE GOT OUT.
WE SHOULD BE WORKING TOGETHER IN
A PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP ALL
AS FELLOW AMERICANS.
LARRY: TRUMP WOULD BE MEETING
WITH THEM.
>> NO DIPLOMATS, NO SOLDIERS ON
THE GROUND.
THESE GROUPS ARE ALL WE HAVE.
WE SHOULD BE HELPING NOT
HINDERING.
LARRY: TRUMP WOULD PLEAT WITH
THEM, MICHAEL.
TRUMP WOULD HAVE MET.
HE IS A HANDS ON GUY.
>> HE WOULD BE CELEBRATING THESE
PEOPLE.
HE WOULD BE CELEBRATING.
THAT’S RIGHT.
WE’RE FIGHTING THROUGH OUR OWN
GOVERNMENT RIGHT NOW.
IT IS UNREAL.
LARRY: CONGRESSMAN MICHAEL WALLS