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>> THE TALIBAN TAKEOVER OF
AFGHANISTAN AND NOTE THAT A
BULL?
>> NO, DOES NOT.
>> Greg: WELL MET, THAT DIDN’T
PAN OUT.
ONE YEAR AGO THE TALIBAN SWEPT
IN AND SEES TOTAL CONTROL OF
AFGHANISTAN AFTER
PRESIDENT BIDEN MADE THE
DECISION TO WITHDRAW AMERICAN
TROOPS.
TREY YINGST IS LIVE, HEY, HOW
ARE YOU DOING?
>> HEY, GREG, HOW ARE YOU DOING?
TODAY THE TALIBAN TOOK A VICTORY
LAP PILING INTO PICKUP TRUCKS
DRIVING THROUGH KABUL, TAKE A
LOOK AT THIS.
>> THEY ARE PARADING THROUGH THE
STREETS OF KABUL, MARKING ONE
YEAR SINCE THE TAKEOVER OF
AFGHANISTAN.
YOU CAN SEE THESE FIGHTERS HERE
CELEBRATING.
MANY CIVILIANS REMAIN IN HIDING.
UNCERTAIN ABOUT WHAT COMES NEXT
FOR THEIR COUNTRY.
>> IT HAS BEEN ANYTHING BUT A
CELEBRATION FOR THE AFGHAN
PEOPLE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
SITUATION ON THE GROUND.
THE ECONOMY HAS COLLAPSED WITH
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE INTO POVERTY.
WOMEN’S RIGHTS HAVE DECREASED
AND THE SITUATION IS FRAGILE.
WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH
KABUL, THERE IS A SENSE OF
ROUTINE, NORMALCY, THAT PEOPLE
ARE OUT AND ABOUT BUT BEHIND
THAT BEEN THERE IS UNCERTAINTY
AND FEAR FOR AFGHAN CIVILIANS,
ESPECIALLY AMERICAN ALLIES
WORKING WITH THE UNITED STATES
DURING THE LAST 20 YEARS.
WE SPOKE WITH THE TALIBAN
EXTENSIVELY ABOUT THEIR VIEWS ON
ISLAMIC LAW AND WOMEN’S RIGHTS
IN EDUCATION, BUT WE HAD AN
INTERESTING CONVERSATION WITH
OFFICIAL FROM FOREIGN MINISTRY
THIS WEEK.
WHEN I PRESSED HIM ON THE
TALIBAN’S VIEW OF U.S. DRONE
STRIKE THAT TOOK PLACE LAST
MONTH TAKING OUT THE LEADER OF
AL QAEDA, TAKE A LISTEN.
>> LATE LAST MONTH, THE LEADER
OF AL QAEDA, HE WAS KILLED IN A
U.S. DRONE STRIKE IN KABUL.
THE TALIBAN, DID THEY KNOW HE
WAS HERE?
>> THE ISLAMIC MADE IT VERY
CLEAR THAT THE LEADERSHIP WAS
NOT AWARE OF EITHER THE ARRIVAL
NORTH OF PRESENCE IN KABUL AND
THEY WILL CONTINUE TO CONDUCT
THE INVESTIGATION TO VERIFY THE
EFFECTS.
BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER
REMAINS THAT THIS WAS A GRAVE
VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
CONDUCTING AN ELECTORAL ACTIONS
INSIDE OF A SOVEREIGN STATE.
>> THE BOTTOM LINE IS YOU CAN’T
TAKE THE TALIBAN AT FACE VALUE.
YOU CAN’T TRUST WHAT THEY SAY.
WHEN YOU INTERVIEWED THEM BUT
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING HERE IS
THE CIVILIAN
POPULATION, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO
ARE U.S. ALLIES WORKING WITH THE
UNITED STATES.
WHEN WE WERE HERE LAST YEAR ON
THE RUNWAY AT THE COUPLE’S
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE
EVACUATIONS WERE TAKING
PLACE, WE THOUGHT THIS COULD NOT
GET WORSE FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS.
THEY HAVE TO LEAVE THEIR ENTIRE
LIVES BEHIND AND IF THEY CAN’T
GET ON THE PLAINS, THEY HAVE TO
STAY HERE.
WE ARE BACK A YEAR LATER AND
THINGS HAVE GOTTEN WORSE.
IT APPEARS THEY ARE GETTING
WORSE EACH AND EVERY DAY FOR
EVERY PERSON HERE UNDER TALIBAN
CONTROL, GREG.
>> Greg: THANKS.
SO, WILL COME I WANT TO
DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE DECISION
TO LEAVE WHICH TRUMP HAD SIGNED
AND HOW IT WAS CARRIED OUT IN
WHICH YOU COULDN’T DO MUCH
WORSE.
CAN YOU SEPARATE THOSE TWO?
>> Will: YOU KNOW, I DON’T
KNOW IF YOU CAN SEPARATE THE
EXIT FROM THE 20 YEAR DEBACLE
THAT WAS OUR INVESTMENT IN
AFGHANISTAN.
YES, WE SHOULD CRITICIZE BUT TO
YOUR POINT, GREG, I DON’T KNOW
IT COULD BE DONE WORSE.
800 AMERICAN CITIZENS LEFT
BEHIND.
CLEARLY NO PLANS, NO LONG-TERM
PLANS.
WHAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED BEFORE
THAT CATASTROPHIC EXIT?
WE GAVE IT BACK IN 12 MONTHS’
TIME.
WOMEN’S RIGHTS ARE GONE.
YOU KNOW, AL QAEDA HAS A
PRESENCE, CLEARLY THERE AT THE
TIME.
MY BIG, BIG TAKE AWAY, YES, WE
ALSO WANT TO INFORM THE
PRESIDENT IN IN THE FUTURE OF TH
SAME SO ADVOCATE FOR OUR
PRESIDENT AND OUR EXIT FROM
AFGHANISTAN ITCHING TO GO INTO
UKRAINE.
>> Greg: RICHARD, YOU ARE
NODDING ALONG.
WHAT IS THE LESSON LEARNED HERE
ABOUT SOMETHING THAT WE WERE
HOLDING AND THEN THE MOMENT WE
LEFT, AT ALL RETURNED THE WAY IT
WAS?
THERE IS A LESSON IN THERE.
>> Richard: THERE WAS
DEFINITELY A LISTEN AND IT IS
THREEFOLD.
LESSON NUMBER ONE, THE LAWMAKERS
HAVE TO BE MORE THOUGHTFUL.
FOR 20 YEARS, A LOT OF PEOPLE
BLAME JOE BIDEN AND THOSE
CRITICISMS ARE FAIR BUT THINK
ABOUT THIS FOR 20 YEARS MEMBERS
OF CONGRESS APPROVED BUDGET
AFTER BUDGET AFTER BUDGET.
NOBODY ASKED, USUALLY 300, 8,000
AFGHAN TROOPS, CAN I GO LOOK AT
THEM AND SEE THEM?
ARE THEY THERE?
CLEARLY THEY WERE NOT.
WHAT MAKES US FRUSTRATING FOR
ME, I WAS A FRESHMAN IN
HIGH SCHOOL.
I AM NOW 35 YEARS OLD IN THE
COUNTRY LAYS IN RUINS AND
AMERICAN BLOOD WAS SPREAD ALL
ACROSS THIS COUNTRY, EVEN MY
CLASSMATES, MY NEIGHBORS, THESE
ARE MY FRIENDS.
WE ARE WATCHING THIS COUNTRY GO
TO A DISMAL COLLAPSE.
THE QUESTION I’M ASKING, WHY
WERE READ THEY ARE IN THE FIRST
PLACE?
WE WERE DEALING WITH THE FACT
BUT FIRST, BIN LADEN AND THEN
DEMOCRACY AND THEN WE WERE GOING
TO SURGE AND THEN TAKE THEM AWAY
AND SEARCH AGAIN.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE LEFT IN THE
MIDDLE, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT IS REALLY HAPPENING IN
AFGHANISTAN?
>> Greg: I THINK, DANA,
LISTENING TO BOTH OF THEM, IT IS
SOMETHING YOU CAN’T REALLY MAKE
ANY PROGRESS IF THERE IS NO
PROSPERITY IN A COUNTRY.
YOU TRIED -- ONCE THEY FIGURE
THIS OUT, BUT THEY HAVE NO WAY
AND IT’S ALWAYS GOING TO REVERT
BACK TO WHAT IT WAS APPEARANCE
BEFORE THE STORY ALL AROUND THE
WORLD COME AWAY ONE OF THE
REASONS KAMALA HARRIS AND
LATIN AMERICA WITH THE ROOT
CAUSE BUT YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT
WHEN CORRUPTION IS A BIG ISSUE.
EDUCATION IS A BIG ISSUE AND
PART OF THAT IS IF YOU MAKE 50%
OF THE POPULATION NOT ALLOWED TO
LEAVE THE HOUSE WITHOUT BEING
FULLY COVERED.
YOU CAN’T GO TO A DOCTOR IF YOU
ARE A WOMAN OR NOT BE EDUCATED,
YOU WILL BE SUPPRESSED YOUR
CAPITAL AND YOU WILL HAVE
PROBLEMS.
WHEN PRESIDENT BIDEN DECIDED TO
DO THIS, HIS POLL NUMBERS AND
THE WAY HE DID IT, THE POLL
NUMBERS NEVER RECOVERED.
YOU CAN LOOK AT IT LIKE THEY
WENT DOWN AND GOT TO A POINT
WHERE BECAUSE WE ARE EMBARRASSED
BY THIS INCOMPETENCE.
EVERYTHING ELSE STARTED
HAPPENING AS GAS PRICES RAISED
AND GAS PRICES INCREASED.
PRESIDENT TRUMP, THOSE THINGS
THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN
WERE NOT HAPPENING AND THEY LEFT
ANYWAY.
AS YOU SAW, OUR ENEMIES AND
PEOPLE AGAINST FREEDOM ARE VERY
PATIENT.
FOR US, A FRESHMAN IN
HIGH SCHOOL.
AND I GUESS I ABSOLUTELY GET IT.
THERE WAS AN OBLIGATION AS A
LEADER TO SAY, THIS IS WHY WE
ARE DOING THIS AND THIS IS WHY
IT MATTERS.
AND SO WE HAVE THAT.
I WOULD ADD THAT IN ADDITION TO
THE 800 CITIZENS LEFT, 96%,
ESPECIALLY THE PEOPLE ON THE
GROUND, THE AFGHANS WHO HELPED
US SAVE THEIR LIFE, THEY DIDN’T
MAKE IT OUT.
RIGHT NOW AT THE
STATE DEPARTMENT THAT WOULD TAKE
THEM 18 YEARS TO DEAL WITH THE BACKLOG THEY HAVE.
BACKLOG THEY HAVE.
SO INCOMPETENCE CONTINUES ON A
LEVEL.
>> Greg: DAGEN I WAS TOLD THIS
IS THE NEW IMPROVED ALABAMA.
I’M EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED.
>> Dagen: YOU ARE?
I’M A WOMAN.
>> Greg: YOU IDENTIFY AS A
WOMAN.
>> Dagen: TODAY?
>> Greg: HAS.
>> Dagen: YOU ARE GOING TO GET
IN TROUBLE.
TO DANA’S POINT OF MY LOOKED THE
OVERALL APPROVAL AND AUGUST 20TH
IS THE DAY THAT HE WENT FROM
THAT APPROVAL RATING TO NET
DISAPPROVAL.
AND JOE BIDEN HAS BEEN DEEP IN
THE
STUBBORN STUPIDITY, BUT ALSO ON
FULL DISPLAY HOW TO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE OVER AND OVER AGAIN
REPEATEDLY.
THAT IS WHAT TURNED AMERICANS
AGAINST HIM WHEN GEORGE
STEPHANOPOULOS SAID YOUR TOP
MILITARY LEADERS WARNED AGAINST
WITHDRAWING ON THIS TIMELINE.
NO, THEY DIDN’T, KNOW THEY
DIDN’T.
YES THEY DID.
U.S. TROOPS, BIDEN SAID U.S.
TROOPS WILL STAY IN AFGHANISTAN
UNTIL ALL AMERICANS OUT OF
AFGHANISTAN.
NO, THEY DIDN’T AL QAEDA HAS
GONE FROM AFGHANISTAN.
NO, IT’S NOT, ARE OUR ALLIES ARE
WITH US.
IF YOU ARE AN AMERICAN YOU CAN
GET TO THE AIRPORT AND YOU KNOW
THEY COULDN’T HEAR IT OVER AND
OVER AND OVER AGAIN HE STOOD UP
TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND LIED.
SO MANY PEOPLE SAID, WE ARE DONE
AND WE DON’T TRUST YOU.
>> Dana: THEY WANT TO FOR THE
LARGEST IN HISTORY.
>> Greg: AMAZING.
HERE IS OUR SCREWUP.