DO THAT?
MAYBE IT'S BEST WE DON'T KNOW?
JENNIFER GRIFFIN, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
>> Rick: LET'S BRING IN
FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR JOEY JONES,
YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THE IMPACT OF
A VISIT LIKE THIS ON TROOPS IN A
FOREIGN LAND.
>> WHEN I WAS IN IRAQ IN 2007,
WE HAD CHUCK NORRIS COME COVER
THAT WAS THE BIGGEST NAME I GOT
TO EXPERIENCE BUT IT MEANS A LOT
TO THOSE FIGHTING TODAY IN 2019
BECAUSE WITH THE TECHNOLOGY WE
HAVE EVEN IF YOU'RE OUT IN THIS
COMBAT ZONE YOU'RE PROBABLY
HEARING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
TWEETS AND WHAT'S IN THE NEWS
AND HAVING THESE THINGS GOING ON
WITH EDDIE GALLAGHER IN THE
NAVY, THE DEBACLE WITH THE
TALIBAN, TO KNOW THE PRESIDENT
STILL THINKS ABOUT YOU AND COMES
TO SEE YOU ON THANKSGIVING IS A
BIG DEAL, I REMEMBER WHEN THE
PRESIDENT DID GO TO A ROCK ON
CHRISTMAS, ON CHRISTMAS DAY THE
NEWS MEDIA WAS SAYING HE HASN'T
EVEN BEEN AT VISITED THE TROOPS
AND THEN YOU GET THE SPEED OF
HIM BEING THERE AT THE SAME
TIME.
I DON'T THINK HE GETS ONE VOTE
OUT OF IT, I DON'T THINK THAT'S
THE PURPOSE AND I DON'T THINK IT
WOULD'VE MATTERED.
I THINK IT MEANS A LOT TO THE
MEN AND WOMEN SERVING.
AMERICA LIVES AND CELEBRATES
TODAY PRETTY MUCH PEACEFULLY, WE
KNOW THEY'RE THERE, WE CARE
ABOUT THEM AND APPRECIATE THEIR
SACRIFICE BECAUSE IT MAKES A
DIFFERENCE IN OUR LIVES.
>> Rick: THE PRESIDENT DID
SPEAK TO THESE ONGOING TALIBAN
AND TALKS, WE WILL SEE IF THEY
WANT TO MAKE A BIG DEAL.
IS IT EVEN POSSIBLE OR SMART TO
TRY TO MAKE A DEAL?
>> YOU KNOW, I CAN GIVE YOU A
LOT OF OPINIONS, I CAN OPINE ON
IT BUT ONLY A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE
KNOW AND SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE
ARE IN THE TALIBAN.
THEY HAVE OUTLASTED THE
RUSSIANS, THEY'VE OUTLASTED US.
THE DIFFERENT WARLORDS IN THAT
AREA, THE COUNTRY ITSELF IS NOT
GEOGRAPHICALLY SUITED, THEY DO
NOT HAVE A NATIONAL IDENTITY,
WHAT CAUSES THEM TO BE AT ODDS
WITH ONE ANOTHER AND THE REST OF
THE WORLD, STRATEGIC POSITIONING
BETWEEN US AND RUSH OTHER
NATURAL RESOURCES.
WHAT MAKES AFGHANISTAN FUNCTION
IT'S A QUESTION THAT HAS YET TO
BE ANSWERED.
THE CONTROL WE BELIEVE IT HAS,
MAY HAVE TO SIT DOWN AT A TABLE
WITH THEM AND IF THEIR PURPOSE
IS TO HAVE AN ISLAMIC STATE THAT
HOSTS BAD ACTORS I DON'T SEE HOW
WE CAN EVER HAVE ANY TYPE OF
MEANINGFUL TALKS WITH THEM.
>> Rick: THE HEADLINE HERE,
JOEY JONES, IS THAT THE THAT THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
MADE A SURPRISED AND UNANNOUNCED
VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN TO MEET
WITH U.S. TROOPS ON THE GROUND
ON THIS THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY, HE
SERVED SOME MEALS AND MADE SOME
REMARKS THERE AND WE BELIEVE HE
IS NOW BACK ON AIR FORCE ONE ON
HIS WAY BACK TO THE
UNITED STATES FOR HIS OWN
HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
THIS IS A 13 HOUR FLIGHT FOR THE
PRESIDENT FROM FLORIDA TO
AFGHANISTAN.
AND A WELL-KEPT SECRET WHICH IS
NOT ALWAYS EASY TO DO WHEN YOU
HAVE MEDIA INVOLVED AND OTHERS
INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS.
>> I THINK IT'S ABSOLUTELY
WONDERFUL, I REALLY DO.
I THINK THIS IS THE PRESIDENT AT
ITS BEST, SHOWING UP SURPRISE,
UNANNOUNCED ON THANKSGIVING AT
AN AIR BASE, THAT'S A PRESIDENT
DOING WITH THE PRESIDENT SHOULD
DO, SHOWING THOSE MEN AND WOMEN
WHO MAY DIE TOMORROW, AND THAT
IS A LEGITIMATE CONCERN, THAT WE
BELIEVE IN THEM AND WE SUPPORT
THEM AND WE WON'T LEAVE THEM
ALONE AND AFRAID AND THAT'S
SOMETHING I WILL NOT SAY
PRESIDENT OBAMA EVER MADE US
FEEL THAT WAY BUT WE DID NOT
FEEL THE LOVE I WOULD SAY THE
WAY WE HAVE WITH THIS PRESIDENT
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
I REMEMBER BEING THERE IN 2010
AND FINDING OUT MONTHS AFTER I
GOT THERE THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA
WAS TELLING THE WORLD WE WERE
GOING TO PULL OUT OR LEAVE AND I
REMEMBER HOW THAT FELT THAT I
WOULD SAY TODAY FEELS THE
OPPOSITE FOR THOSE MEN AND WOMEN
AND I APPRECIATE THAT AND THINK
THE PRESIDENT FOR IT.