BRIAN: WHO HAS BEEN HELD
ACCOUNTABLE? NOBODY.
JOINING US IS AN ARMY COMBAT
VETERAN, TOM COTTON.
BIDEN’S PEOPLE WANT TO BURY
THIS.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO BURY THIS
CATASTROPHIC EXIT.
>> THERE ARE EFFECTS RESONATING
AROUND THE WORLD TODAY.
CHINA’S PROPAGANDA NETWORK
REFERRED TO IT AS THE AFGHAN
EFFECT.
AND VLADIMIR PUTIN TOOK BIDEN’S
MEASURE AND STARTED GOING UP TO UKRAINE’S BORDER.
UKRAINE’S BORDER.
XI JINPING TOOK BIDEN’S MEASURE.
IT UNDER HIGHS THE CHAOS YOU SEE
AROUND THE WORLD.
IT WASN’T JUST A TRAGEDY FOR THE
TROOPERS THAT WE LOST AND THEIR
FAMILIES AND THOSE AMERICANS WE
LEFT BEHIND, IT WAS A STRATEGIC
BLUNDER OF THE FIRST ORDER.
UNFORTUNATELY IT WILL BE WITH US
FOR A LONG TIME.
BRIAN: JUST GETTING PEOPLE OUT.
HE WAS ACTUALLY AT THE AIRPORT
WHEN EVERYTHING WENT DOWN.
>> WE STILL HAVE PEOPLE IN SAFE
HOUSES WHO HAVE RUN FROM THE
TALIBAN.
WHEN WE LEFT THERE WERE HUNDREDS
OF AMERICANS THAT NEEDED TO GET
OUT.
IT WAS CHAOS.
IT WAS APOCALYPTIC.
YOU SEE THE BABIES BEING HAND
OVER CONCERTINA WIRE, THAT’S
NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT WAS
HAPPENING ON THE GROUND.
>> IT WAS CHAOS.
IT WAS A CATASTROPHE FOR ALL
THOSE THERE.
I KNOW PEOPLE WHO WERE ON THE
FRONT LINES AND EXPLAINED WHAT
IT WAS LIKE TO ME.
IT WAS TERRIBLE.
BUT THIS GOES BACK TO JOE
BIDEN’S FAILURES TO PLAN FOR AN
ORDERLY WITHDRAWAL ONCE JOE
BIDEN MADE THE DECISION TO
WITHDRAW.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT LEAD SUCH
EVACUATIONS.
THE MILITARY AND OUR
INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES SUPPORT
THEM AND THROUGH THEM INTO
DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES.
THE TROOPS ON THE FRONT LINES
KID A GOOD JOB GETTING OUT AS
MANY PEOPLE AS THEY COULD.
BUT THE STATE DEPARTMENT FAILED
THIS TEST BY NOT PLANNING IN
ADVANCE TO GET OUT OUR AMERICAN
CITIZENS AND GREEN CARDHOLDERS
AND THEIR FAMILIES.
THE ULTIMATE RESULT OF THAT WAS
13 DEAD AMERICANS IN THAT
SUICIDE BOMBING AND SIGNIFICANT
HARM TO AMERICA’S SENSE OF
PRESTIGE IN THE WORLD.
BRIAN: CHINA IS STILL DOING
MILITARY EXERCISES AROUND
TAIWAN.
I GUESS PRESIDENT BIDEN WANTS TO
MEET WITH XI.
>> IF THEY MEET ON THE SIDELINES
AT A G20 UP IT I DON’T SEE
ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT.
WHAT WORRIES ME IS WHAT JOE
BIDEN WILL SAY AT THAT SUMMIT.
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS
BASICALLY APPROVED HE EXPORT
LICENSE FOR CHINA THE LAST 18
MONTHS.
NANCY PELOSI TOOK A ROUTINE TRIP
TO TAIWAN.
HE LET XI JINPING TRY TO MOVE
THE GOALPOST ON OUR RELATIONSHIP
WITH TAIWAN.
I’M WORRIED BECAUSE OF PRESIDENT
BIDEN’S WEAKNESS, THAT ONCE XI
JINPING SECURES ANOTHER TERM, HE
GO FOR THE JUGULAR WITH TAIWAN.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING BIDEN
CAN COMMUNICATE TO XI JINPING AT THAT MEETING IS WE’LL NOT STAND
THAT MEETING IS WE’LL NOT STAND
BY IF THEY TRY TO FORCIBLY ANNEX
TAIWAN.
>> WE HAVE HAD SOME SUCCESS IN
KHERSON, MOVING ON THE
OFFENSIVE.
BUT THE UKRAINIANS SAY WE ARE
GIVING THEM ENOUGH WEAPONS TO
SURVIVE BUT NOT WIN.
MAYBE JAKE SULLIVAN AND THE
STATE DEPARTMENT WILL SAY WE ARE
DONE, THE RUSSIANS CAN KEEP WHAT
THEY HAVE GOT.
DOES HE HAVE A REASON TO FEAR
THAT?
>> THE UKRAINIANS DO HAVE REASON
TO FEAR JOE BIDEN WILL GET COLD
FEET.
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION BUSY
ANOTHERRED AROUND WITH UKRAINE.
ONCE THEY STARTED SENDING
WEAPONS AND IT WAS CLEAR WE
FACED A FROM DIGITAL ARTILLERY
BATTLE, THEY DIDN’T SEND THEM
THE ROCKET SYSTEMS THEY NEEDED.
AND THEY ARE STILL DOING IT TOO
SLOWLY AND THERE ARE TOO’
RESTRICTIONS ON AMMUNITION.
UKRAINE WANTS TO DEFEND THEIR
OWN TERRITORY AND FIGHT THEIR
OWN WAR.
WE SHOULD ARM THEM AND ALLOW
THEM TO DO SO.
THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN OUR POLICY
FROM THE BEGINNING AND NOT
HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT UKRAINE
MOUNTING A COUNTER OFFENSIVE.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE UKRAINE HAS
ALL THE WEAPONS THEY NEED TO
DEFEND THEIR TERRITORY SO THEY CAN GET BACK TO THE NEGOTIATING
CAN GET BACK TO THE NEGOTIATING
TABLE ON FAVORABLE TERMS.
BRIAN: I KNOW YOU WERE IN IOWA.
>> RIGHT NOW THE 25-METER TARGET
ARE THE ELECTIONS IN NOVEMBER.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE READY TO
SEND A MESSAGE TO JOE BIDEN.
THEY DON’T LIKE THE CRIME OR