Reaction & Commentary
CENTRAL COMMAND LEAD U.S. ALLIES LEFT IN AFGHANISTAN AS WE LEARN NEW DETAILS OF THE BOTCHED WITHDRAWAL AND IT’S WORSE THAN ANYONE THOUGHT I BELIEVE. AN ARMY INVESTIGATION REPORT RELEASED TO “THE WASHINGTON POST” REVEALED, QUOTE: SENIOR WHITE HOUSE AND STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS FAILED TO GRASP THE TALIBAN’S STEADY ADVANCE ON AFGHANISTAN’S CAPITAL AND
RESISTED EFFORTS BY U.S. MILITARY LEADERS TO PREPARE THE EVACUATION OF EMBASSY PERSONNEL AND AFGHAN ALLIES WEEKS BEFORE KABUL FELL. SENATOR TOM COTTON SERVED IN AFGHANISTAN. SENATOR, UP UNTIL THREE DAYS BEFORE KABUL FELL, THAT’S WHEN ANTHONY OLYMPICEN SAID WE BETTER PICK UP THE TIMETABLE IF WE ARE GOING TO EMPTY OUR EMBASSY.
DO YOU BELIEVE THE INEPTNESS THAT WE WITNESSED? >> WELL, IT WOULD BE HARD TO BELIEVE, BRIAN, EXCEPT WE ALL SAW IT PLAY OUT WITH OUR OWN EYES THAT ARMY REPORT IS ACCURATE I CAN TELL NEW REALTIME LAST YEAR ON BOTH ARMED SERVICES AND INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE AS WE MONITORED WHAT THE ARMY WAS
DOING AS WELL AS WHAT THE CIA WAS DOING. THEY FORESAW SECURITY SITUATION WAS DETERIORATING RAPIDLY. THEY DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF GETTING THEIR OWN PEOPLE OUT. BUT THEY WERE ONLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN PEOPLE AT THE STATE DEPARTMENT THAT’S RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL-AMERICAN CITIZENS AND GREEN CARD HOLDERS.
AND ALL THOSE AFGHANS WHO SERVED ALONGSIDE OF OUR TROOPS FOR SO LONG. AND THEY OBVIOUSLY FAILED CATASTROPHICALLY. AND THAT’S WHY YOU SAW THE CHAOTIC SCENES IN KABUL LAST AUGUST WHILE WE HAD THE SERVICE MEMBERS KILLED BY SUICIDE BOMBER AND LEFT BEHIND THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN CITIZENS AND GREEN CARD HOLDERS AND AFGHANS WHO SERVED
ALONGSIDE US. THE STATE DEPARTMENT STILL HAS NO PLAN TO HELP GET THEM OUT. THEY MOSTLY WANT TO SWEEP FUND THE RUG SO THEY CAN TURN THE PAGE ON WHAT WAS A VERY DARK CHAPTER IN OUR GOVERNMENT HISTORY. >> Brian: LEARNED ABOUT A SKIRMISH. REMEMBER PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID FOR THE LONGEST TIME THEY
WEREN’T ATTACKING US BECAUSE THEY KNEW WE WERE LEAVING? OOPS. >> IT’S BECOMING INCREASINGLY CLEAR THAT A LOT OF WHAT JOE BIDEN AND A LOT OF WHAT TONY BLINKEN WERE SAYING IN THE RUN-UP TO THE FALL OF KABUL AND EVEN AS KABUL WAS FALLING IN ITS MEDIATE AFTERMATH WAS SIMPLY NOT
TELLING THE TRUTH TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. TRYING TO COVER UP FOR THEIR GROSS MISMANAGEMENT OF THAT CRISIS. >> Brian: AND THERE WERE PEOPLE ON THE GROUND TRYING DESPERATELY TO GET IN TOUCH AND GET REALITY INTO THEM. ASTHMAAS THAT MACKENZIE SAID IN OOPS. >> NOT MY PROBLEM. GREAT TO BE A GENERAL AND NOT
TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. MEANWHILE, THE OTHER STORY TOOK PLACE AT THE STATE DEPARTMENT WHERE THE DRAMA HAS TAKEN PLACE ON MANY FRONTS. ONE OF WHICH IS IRAN. THE INTEGRITY THAT WE ARE SELLING OUT TO OURSELVES AS WE DESPERATELY TRY TO GET THEM INVOLVED AGAIN IN A NUCLEAR ARMS DEAL. HERE IS MATT LEE, SPARRING WITH
NED PRICE YESTERDAY AND, AGAIN, IT GOT A LITTLE OUT OF CONTROL BECAUSE WE ARE NOT GETTING THE TRUE STORY. LISTEN. >> LONG LIST OF THINGS THAT YOU SAID THAT THESE WAIVERS GIVE. YOU ARE SAYING THAT THERE IS NO BENEFIT TOE IRAN IN ANY OF THAT? >> I AM SAYING THAT THE NET
BENEFIT OF THIS IS NONPROLIFERATION BENEFIT FOR US. WHAT IS IN OUR NONPROLIFERATION INTEREST CAN ALSO BE IN SOME WAYS IN IRAN’S INTEREST. >> GET ANY BENEFIT OUT OF THIS OR NOT? >> IT IS — SOME OF THESE STEPS. >> DO THEY BENEFIT OR NOT? >> THIS IS IN OUR INTEREST TO DO.
>> Brian: A NUCLEAR WAIVER FOR IRAN IS IN OUR INTEREST? >> BRIAN, NED PRICE CAN’T DEFEND JOE BIDENENS FOREIGN POLICY BECAUSE THAT FOREIGN POLICY IS INDEFENSIBLE. WE GAVE NUCLEAR WAIVERS FOR IRAN TO CONTINUE WORKING SO-CALLED CIVILIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM WITHOUT ANYTHING IN RETURN. TRULY, BRIAN, WITHOUT A SINGLE CONCESSION IN RETURN.
THIS IS BECAUSE JOE BIDEN IS SO DESPERATE TO REENTER THE IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL THE AYATOLLAHS KNOW THEY CAN MAKE UNREASONABLE DEMANDS AND WITHIN A FEW WEEKS JOE BIDEN WILL BE AGREEING TO IT IT’S SO BAD, BRIAN, THAT MEMBERS OF JOE BIDEN’S NEGOTIATING TEAM ARE STARTING TO RESIGN IN PROTEST BECAUSE IS HE GIVING
AWAY THE STORE. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED IN 2015. WHEN BARACK OBAMA AND JOHN KERRY WERE SO DESPERATE TO GET A DEAL THAT WE STARTED NEGOTIATING ABOUT A NUCLEAR PROGRAM AND THENNED UP EVEN LIFTING THE CONVENTIONAL ARMS BAND SO IRAN COULD START BUYING ROCKETS AND MISSILES AND BATTLE TANKS IN
ADDITION TO RACING TOWARD A NUCLEAR WEAPON. >> WE HAVE DANGEROUS TO THE UNITED STATES THAT JOE BIDEN IS SO DESPERATE AND PROJECTING THAT DESPERATION TO THE AYATOLLAHS. >> Brian: ANY DEAL HAS TO BE APPROVED BY THE SENATE BY TWO THIRDS. NOT ONLY DID HE NOT GET TWO THIRDS. HE DIDN’T GET DEMOCRATS.
HE DIDN’T GET SCHUMER. HE DIDN’T GET MENENDEZ IN THE LAST DEAL. THIS IS GOING TO BE A WORSE DEAL. REPUBLICANS HAVE TO STOP IT. THAT’S THE REASON WHY DONALD TRUMP WAS ABLE TO RIP IT UP. BECAUSE IT NEVER PASSED THROUGH THE SENATE. THAT’S IMPORTANT. REAL QUICK. GO AHEAD. YOU WANT TO WEIGH IN?
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT’S RIGHT. THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT I SAID. THE AYATOLLAHS IN MY LETTER BACK IN 2015. IF THE SENATE DOESN’T RATIFY AN INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT LIKE A NUCLEAR ARMS CONTROL DEAL. THEN, OF COURSE, IT WON’T BE FINDING ON FUTURE PRESIDENTS OR ON THE UNITED STATES.
>> Brian: A YEAR AGO SOME RIOTS TOOK OVER CITY STREETS AND BURNED SOME BUILDINGS AND DESTROYED SOME THE BLACK LIVES MATTER RIOTERS. MAN BURNED TO DEATH BY ONE OF THEM. NOW, WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THAT MAN THANKS TO THE DOJ? >> THIS IS A SHOCKING DEVELOPMENT, BRIAN. MONTEZ LEE BURNED A PAWNSHOP TO
THE GROUND SO HE IS GUILTY OF ARSON. IS HE ALSO GUILTY OF MURDER BECAUSE THERE WAS A MAN BURNED ALIVE IN THAT BUILDING. A FATHER OF FIVE. HE WAS CHARGED WITH ARSON IN THE FEDERAL COURTS CARRIES A 20 YEAR SENTENCE. THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE GOT BARELY HALF THAT BECAUSE THEY SAID HE WAS PARTICIPATING IN A PEACEFUL PROTEST. GIVING VOICE TO THE UNHEARD. THAT HIS CAUSE WAS RIGHTEOUS. IT IS COMPLETELY INAPPROPRIATE FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO BE METING OUT CRIMINAL PUNISHMENT BASED ON THEIR VIEW OF THE CRIMINAL’S POLITICAL POSITIONS. THIS IS NOT SOME CRAZY SOROS
PROSECUTOR IN SAN FRANCISCO OR NEW YORK OR LOS ANGELES. THIS IS THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REDUCING SENTENCES FOR AN ARSONIST WHO KILLED A MAN BECAUSE THEY LIKE THE CAUSE FOR WHICH HE WAS PROTESTING. WHEN HE COMMITTED THAT ARSON. THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS. MERRICK GARLAND AND THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE NEEDS TO
ANSWER FOR IT. >> Brian: YEAH. I HOPE THEY DO. SENATOR, THANKS FOR POINTING IT OUT. APPRECIATE IT THANKS FOR JOINING
