danielle pletka? guest: he asks a great question.he united states goes into these countries and yes we early on had a combat role. but among our most important roles was training, support, maintenance, intelligence, and our allies were sharing that mission. there has been a lot said about the fact that the asking -- the afghan army quote unquote collapsed. that is not a fact. they afghans have sacrificed an enormous amount. as fred noted, have not suffered casualties like we did last week since 2011. that is notwithstanding the fact that there have been battles on the ground against the taliban and those battles have been fought by the afghan armed forces and they have conformed not just bravely, but it's extraordinarily well in terrible circumstances. they should do no less. it is their country. if they are not willing to defend, no one else can. so .1. there serve -- so point one, they have been judged unfairly. what we provided to them in terms of equipment and intelligence and support are things that we provide to our nato allies

danielle pletka? guest: he asks a great question. united states goes into these countries and yes we early on had a combat role. but among our most important roles was training, support, maintenance, intelligence, and our allies were sharing that mission. there has been a lot said about the fact that the asking -- the afghan army quote unquote collapsed. that is not a fact. they afghans have sacrificed an enormous amount. as fred noted, have not suffered casualties like we did last week since 2011. that is notwithstanding the fact that there have been battles on the ground against the taliban and those battles have been fought by the afghan armed forces and they have conformed not just bravely, but it's extraordinarily well in terrible circumstances. they should do no less. it is their country. if they are not willing to defend, no one else can. so .1. there serve -- so point one, they have been judged unfairly. what we provided to them in terms of equipment and intelligence and support are things that we provide to our nato allies,

danielle pletka? guest: he asks a great question.ted states goes into these countries and yes we early on had a combat role. but among our most important roles was training, support, maintenance, intelligence, and our allies were sharing that mission. there has been a lot said about the fact that the asking -- the afghan army quote unquote collapsed. that is not a fact. they afghans have sacrificed an enormous amount. as fred noted, have not suffered casualties like we did last week since 2011. that is notwithstanding the fact that there have been battles on the ground against the taliban and those battles have been fought by the afghan armed forces and they have conformed not just bravely, but it's extraordinarily well in terrible circumstances. they should do no less. it is their country. if they are not willing to defend, no one else can. so .1. there serve -- so point one, they have been judged unfairly. what we provided to them in terms of equipment and intelligence and support are things that we provide to our nato allies, not

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