um, dick cheney leaves the apartment and goes and hes halliburton himself. and he spent the entire 1900 ninety's, building up the halliburton war empire. well, if we're going to talk about star wars, we might as well invite darth vader. happy to accept that. and then he comes back into power as vice president. and then they start hiring halliburton too, you know, in advance, even of us troops going into iraq, halliburton, personnel and equipment was being deployed to the golf. it's hard to, to look at this and not say, these guys had a very long term plan for how they were going to increase the powerful infrastructure of private companies. what we've essentially done is to create a network of corporations that have the fire power of small nation states that could, you know, over throw some small governments around the world. nations we in the united states have privatize the ultimate public function. lord, fine, you know bombs, i've got a time limit delay food emissions to us. so by that through the in iraq, the f sixteens and f, a teens were firing 6000000

it is definitely george bush and dick cheney who are responsible for this mess. kind of blame barack obama because he should have taken us out when they got bin laden. the lesson is you cannot make people stand up for a government that they did not want. the afghani soldiers do not want to this government. it is ours. we set it up. it is not in their nature to govern the way we want to them to. they walked away. it is not because they were not a courageous bunch of men. they did not want to fight for the government we put their. we should have learned this lesson in vietnam because the same thing happened then. host: on the former afghan government, it was yesterday that the nato secretary-general made his,'s about the situation in afghanistan, saying the internal clinical system and afghan government bears response ability here. -- responsibility here. [video clip] >> the united states agreed that u.s. troops would withdraw by may. after many rounds of consultations, allies agreed to follow the u.s. decision. ending our military mission was not easy. we were fac

are you cool with this dick cheney's daughter? is this democracy were fought for? please.leaders of the riots go free especially if they arehe working for the fbi but the people who are offend joe biden's friends are inie ja. one programming note, arc tucker carlson original team as we look, and we plan to bring you that report. the video we have collected it is shocking informative. the next installment in our documentary series is coming next month. it wasn't long ago that jeff bezos' newspaper was telling us that birds are racist and now the experts are telling us that toddlers can be white supremacist, too. at left straight ahead. ♪ ♪ i will bless those who bless you here in israel and the former soviet union the jewish people are living in very difficult times. there are now thousands of destitute elderly jews who are desperately in need of basic food. the international fellowship of christians and jews is on the ground with survival food boxes but the need for food is growing. call or go online now and say, "i will bless these children of abraham." it's the elderly w

then he calls back and says dick cheney is coming and he would like to be in that dinner.says everyone wants to be in this dinner and d i said did you call and invite dick cheney and i said maybe because i thought he would want to be there. i said fine, but you cannot invite anybody else to the table it is now full. you may not call one more time to say that anyone else is coming. so it was just sort of funny and a great evening and again a great example of the camaraderie among these people. we need a woman to be part of this club. >> that was a great evening. a fantastic evening. and there is this camaraderie between these men and may be a woman one day but so far just men who've been former presidents with a shared experience running for office, won and lost and president bush was able to do so much good. >> they are such a great resource for the country. i know on january 20th this past year w when they were all in washington for the inauguration, they taped a psa for the vaccine encouraging americans to get vaccinated. right now they have all agreed to be honorary cha

everyone wants to be in this dinner, and i said, did you call and invite dick cheney? and he said, well, maybe, because i thought dick would want to be there. and i said, fine, you cannot invite anybody else because the table is now full. you may not call one more time and just say that anyone else is coming. so this just sort of is funny, and it was just a great evening. and, again, it's just a great example of the camaraderie among these people and these guys and soon a woman, i hope. we need a woman to be part of this, be a part of this club. >> that was a great evening. that was just a fantastic evening. and it is, you know, there's this camaraderie between these men and maybe a woman one day but so far just men who have been former presidents, have the shared experience, run for office, won and lost. and president bush was able to do so much good, so much good after he left. >> well, and they really -- they're such a great resource for the country. they, i know on january 20th this past year when they were all in washington for the inauguration, they taped a psa f

and i said did you call an invite dick cheney?said, one may be because i thought dick would want to be there. i said fine but you cannot invite anybody else because the table is now full. you may not call one more time to save anyone else is coming. so it's sort of, it was funny and it was just a great evening. again, a great example of the camaraderie among these people, and these guys and soon a woman i hope that we need a woman to be part of this, to be a part of this club. >> that was great meeting, just a fantastic evening. there is at this camaraderie between these men, and maybe a woman one day, , but so far it s just men, who had been former presidents, have the shared experience can run for office, won and lost, and for president bush he was able to so much good, so much after he left. >> and they really, they are such a great resource for the country. i know on january 20 this past year when they're all in washington for the inauguration, they take the psa for vaccine, encouraging americans to get vaccinated. they are al

the final answer was in the form of a question, who is dick cheney. ed a cheney. an episode was dedicated asking richards about the search for a new host and he was asked point-blank if they had a front-runner. >> i honestly, and i sound like a politician, there is not a leading contender at this moment that i know of. the sony execs may have one they may have discussed privately, but not with me. we're doing testing and looking at a lot of things. but there really isn't a "it's going to be this person." there isn't really that. >> now we know the answer, and the form of a question is, who is mike richards. to be clear, richards maintains he was not involved with the final decision, that it was ultimately up to sony executives who say they did extensive testing, focus groups, social media and more. for viewers, the process may always be a question. now for this week's high five, we're delving into the world of fashion, obviously. when it comes to "vogue" magazine, no bigger issue than the september issue. it's harder to get on the coveted cover. but th

dick cheney and donald rumsfeld, the two people who kicked this whole thing off, they made money off this war. i think it was something like 70% of the $2.5 trillion was spent on this war went back into the pockets of u.s. military and politician warmongers. so it is time to get out, and it is unfortunate it transpired in this way. host: do you think the mission has been achieved over there, the expressed mission of preventing or stopping terrorists over there, preventing attacks over here? do you think that mission has been achieved? caller: i think, initially, i will not say mission accomplished to the extent that the idea was to break up al qaeda, the taliban, initially, and that was done. but then the mission changed and suddenly became about nationbuilding. i think we undermined that initial success and created more terrorists, and now at this point, we gave the country back to the people that we were supposedly fighting against. and that was all done last year. host: thank you for your input. melbourne, arkansas, republican line. caller: good morning, and thank you, c-span. i r

and people like dick cheney and donald rumsfeld, who are relatively new to government at the time, did not like when congress had, we need to step in and confront the national security state. and what's become a very out of control pill program cheney that went on during the reagan years in the eighty's to serve in congress. and when the iran contra scandal broke out into the open, chaney did not like congress being involved with anything that the executive branch was doing. and you had the 2 others handle that emanated from the highest echelons of power. and the reagan administration was acting as though it had nothing to do with it. i've told you all that i know and you know, the truth of the matter is for quite some long time. all that you knew was what i told you. it was our witness this morning is mister robert mcfarland, the former national security adviser to the president. mr mcfarland, where you welcome you to the committee and we look forward to your testimony. mr. mccall, and did you have any discussion about the possibility of an effect farming out the whole contra support

like i said, so in comparison, dick cheney's disapproval rates in 6 months into his plus thomas e p. you can see 26 percent joe biden on that. 36. mike patents before me. the closest 42, he had a pool rating, similar to that of harris, but still notably below, hug. it is quite a forgery that so much of the country disapproves of hires is walk so early on in her ton. why? well, harris is often criticized for the by the ministration. southern border policy as detentions of migrants crossing over from mexico have reached $1100000.00 so far this year of the p. harris hadn't even visited the border until after spending several months in office. when she took a trip to the west texas city of el paso, she was ridiculed in the media for showing up at the wrong address. as all the locations have been much more civilian impacted by the immigration crisis, we spoke to a 2020 v p. candidate, he says harris has actually escaped, go for biden, that he can pass off his responsibility and see me. tough and controversial issues . i think that the accurately reflects your performance. i think what's h

so let's got some back top and comparison. dick cheney's disapproval rating 6 months into his foss, tom's the 26 percent joe biden's bit higher. $36.00, mike pence is probably the closest to harris 42 percent. so pool rating, but still below hus. now it is extraordinary. so much of the country disapproves of houses, walk so early on in hot tub. so why could it be? well, harris is often criticized so the biden administration, southern border policy as detentions of migrants crossing over from mexico have reached $1100000.00 so far. this year, as v p harris hadn't even visited the border until after spending several months in office. when she took a trip to the west texas city of el paso. she was ridiculed in the media for quote, showing up at the wrong address. that's because all the locations have been much more severely impacted by the immigration crisis. we spoke to a 2020 vice presidential candidate who says that harris has actually escaped biden, so he can pass off his responsibility on seemingly tough and controversial issues. i think that the accurately reflects your i think what's

significantly different from those of previous suffice presidents justice on comparison, some background dick cheney's disapproval rating 6 months into his pass tom's v. p . well, they need 26 percent joe biden. 36, mike pens probably more comparable. 42 percent, he did have a pool rating similar to that of harris, but still it is below hus. it really is. i repeat quite a food and read it so much of the country disapproves of houses, walk so early on in a ton. while what could be behind it, all harris is often criticized over the biden administration. southern border policy as detentions of migrants crossing over from mexico have reached 1100000 so far this year. as v p harris hadn't even visited the border until after spending several months in office, when she took a trip to the west texas city of el paso. she was ridiculed in the media for quote, showing up at the wrong address because all the locations have been much more severely impacted by the immigration crisis. well, women to speak to a 2020 vice presidential candidate who says the highest is actually a skate go for binding, that he can pass

in comparison, dick cheney disapproval rating 6 months into his 1st was 26 percent joe biden. when he was number 2 with bark bama, 36 percent mike pence managed to the $42.00 had a poor rating similar to that of harris, but still similarly, notably below hers is distraught and re though that so much of the country disapproves of harris's work. so early into her as vice president, herridge though is often criticized over the biden administration's southern border policy, which she's been tasked with as detentions of migrants crossing over from mexico have reached 1100000 so far this year as be paid, harris hadn't even visited the border until after spending several months in office, when she then took a trip to the west texas city of el paso, even then she got ridiculed in the media for a quote showing for the wrong address because other locations would be much more severely impacted by the immigration crisis, and we spoke to a 2020 vice presidential candidate who says harris has actually escaped, go for joe biden, so that he can pass opposite responsibility on seemingly tough

just to some background that look and comparison. dick cheney's disapproval rating 6 months into his pass, thomas c, p. u 26 percent. joe biden, still lower such 6 percent. mike pence, probably the most comparable 42 percent had a poor rating. similar, not of course, but still, you know, but lower. and it is, as i said, quite explored me that so much of the country disapproves of harris is walk so early on in her ton. so let's look what might be behind it. harris is often criticized over the biden administration's southern water policy as detentions of migrants crossing over from mexico have reached $1100000.00 so far this year. as the p harris hadn't even visited the border until after spending several months in office when she took a trip to the west texas city of el paso. and she was actually ridiculed in the media the quote showing up at the wrong address. that's because all the locations have been much more severely impacted by the immigration crisis. we spoke to a 2020 vice presidential candidate who says that ours is not she escape go for biden, that he can pass off his respon

i mean, dick cheney as his protege, not the other way around. people forget that. he represents a strand of american conservatism that when hyper imperialist in the most old school sat and was sort of on a pallet jack about it. and he was a disaster for us politics for the pentagon and for the world. and his ill should be rejected, horribly and emphatically. but instead in the polite circles where they go to the same schools and cocktail party, country clubs and their go to after school programs together at the club, you see as a club, northern virginia is a club. and i think that drives some of the polite, you know, media memorization. the, i think the class war dimension comes through in, in your history very, very powerfully. but if anyone thinks is all about foreign policy, you say in the book, american imperialism comes home, often, poisoning any hope for meaningful democracy. what do you mean by that? well, james madison had said that prolonged war is the greatest enemy to a republic or of democracy. george marshal the 5 star general, who really was the archi

he knew vice president dick cheney from way back when. when cheney was running for congress in wyoming. i was kind of involved, aware of politics and public service early on. especially energy issues early on. he always believed since i was a young girl that america needed to be more energy independent. >> very forward thinking. i had a chance to have that experience. my dad went to a college, the first of his family to go to college. university of wyoming. and then we moved to denver. >> before we get too far, i want to talk to you about your school. did moving to denver seemed like that big of a deal? >> i was only two. they were adventurous in that way. one of my pieces of advice in this new book is don't be afraid to move. i moved quite a bit. my husband's dad was in the air force. now it is 41st mailing address of his life. moving was part of it. >> let's go back to your childhood and talk about school. your parents instilled the love of reading at an early age. >> my mother used to go crazy. when we would go to the library, you are

he calls me back and he says jean dick cheney is coming. he says everyone wants to be at this dinner and i said that u.n. call and invite the cheneys? you cannot invite anybody else as the table is now full. you may not call one more time. and say that anyone else is coming. he thought it was funny it was just a great evening and a great example of the comradery and these guys and we need a woman to be part of this club. >> that was a great evening. it was a fantastic evening and there's this comradery between these men and maybe a woman one day but so far just men who have been former president and have the shared experience of running for office and one in lost and president bush was able to do so much good in and so much good after he left office. >> they are such a great resource for the country. i know on january 20 this past year when they were all in washington for the inauguration and they did work on getting people vaccinated. they have all agreed to be honorary charges. in september honoring george bush with the george bush award.

chickens and all that ported and my grandfather was county commissioner and he knew vice president dick cheney from way back when when he was running from congress in wyoming so i was aware of politics early on noise believe since i was a young girlee that america needed to be more energy independent. >> i had a chance to have that experience and then as a business degree so my sister came along a couple of years later but did moving to denver seem like a big deal? >> i was only two. they were adventurous in that way. and then my husband in the royal air force. >> so let's go back to your childhood with the love of reading at an a early age. >> my mom used to go crazy. and then i word read three of them. >> do you remember your favorite childhood books? >> laura ingalls wilder, nancy drew. all things beverly clearly on —- cleary and judy bloom. and much more than where i am today. but my dad started a tradition to read the rocky mount news before he got home from work and i had to choose two articles to discuss. and then getting ready for dinner. and then present which articles i have chosen a

bush, dick cheney, condoleezza rice, colin powell we would not be in the situation right now.thank you. >> i think there's a lot of blame to go around in the united states in afghanistan. going for different political parties. playing for different elements of national security element from the military to the intelligence community. look at events in afghanistan without doing so only primarily through a lens of american domestic politics. i think to care about afghanistan your tribe here in the united states what you want in your tribe this from the hilt newspaper the former president speaking out former lady at first said late monday their hearts are heavy for afghan civilians, nato allies. we've been watching the tragic events unfolding in afghanistan with deep sadness. our hearts are heavy for about the afghan people have suffered so much and the american nato allies have sacrificed so much. said afghans are of the greatest risk of both the forefront of progress inside their nation read the statement goes on from there for the hilt newspaper reporting on that statement. ja

bush, dick cheney, condoleezza rice, colin powell we would not be in the situation right now.thank you. >> i think there's a lot of blame to go around in the united states in afghanistan. going for different political parties. playing for different elements of national security element from the military to the intelligence community. look at events in afghanistan without doing so only primarily through a lens of american domestic politics. i think to care about afghanistan your tribe here in the united states what you want in your tribe this from the hilt newspaper the former president speaking out former lady at first said late monday their hearts are heavy for afghan civilians, nato allies. we've been watching the tragic events unfolding in afghanistan with deep sadness. our hearts are heavy for about the afghan people have suffered so much and the american nato allies have sacrificed so much. said afghans are of the greatest risk of both the forefront of progress inside their nation read the statement goes on from there for the hilt newspaper reporting on that statement. ja

during the war and the conflict started almost 20 years ago under the watch of former vice president dick cheneyman liz cheney's father. here is what they're saying about the u.s. withdrawal. >> let's keep in mind mike pompeo met with the taliban as donald trump was publicly saying we have to get out of afghanistan at all costs. it's not worth it. mike pompeo meets with the taliban and tries to negotiate something. by the way, end up getting rolled harder than ever. almost as bad as neuville chamberlain. they knew the desired out of the trump administration. they set it up to fail but always, of course, joe biden could have easily turned this around and instead used it as an excuse to get out. both parties failed the american people. it can't continue and particularly can't continue point fingers. >> what we're watching in afghanistan is what happens when america withdrawals from the world. everybody who has been saying america needs to withdrawal, america needs retreat, we're getting a devastating, catastrophic real time lesson in what it means. >>> a veteran u.s. army officer who works on gett

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he was vice president over operations in afghanistan longer than dick cheney was.has been the genius in washington, when it comes to foreign policy, and when it comes to coming up with ideas like this, more than anybody else, and it's a reminder that washington is the only place on earth where you can be this dumb and this bad and have this much failure and face no consequences. >> greg: you are so right. i am trying to remember who i have this conversation with, but guy, we always assume when there is important things going on, we assume the people in charge are better or smarter than us, but you find out they are just as dumb as the people you went to high school with. or you are currently going to high school with. [laughter] >> i am in college. [laughter] >> or worse, right? this is the thing. not only are the institutionally stupid and they all sort of feed off each other, and the bubble gets very, very thick. what is very frustrating to watch and experience is their contempt for us, thinking that we are equally stupid, or even dumber, so we watch the presiden

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let's not forget, dick cheney and rumsfeld. and it has never really gelled. the old adage, you break it, you own it. we went in and did some great things in afghanistan. i think operation neptune spear with barack obama and our s.e.a.l.s. but the american people got apathetic. i don't even think most americans realized that we were still in afghanistan. i would like the at a this moment to thank every personal who served in our armed forces, men, women, not only in the united states but people who helped us in this failed endeavor. this will be a dark stain in the anatural of u.s. foreign policy. >> a lot of people served there are doing a lot of reflecting, trying to absorb this moment in history. thank you both. our coverage of the taliban takeover continues. i'll be speaking to lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. >>> also, the devastating aftermath of the 7.2 earthquake in haiti. nearly 1,300 dead. thousands more injured. cnn is in the disaster zone tonight. we'll be right back. i just heard something amazing! now for the first time one medication was ap

dick cheney's daughter is out there every day demanding that we have this investigation.cried about it on tv. but they don't want to answer that question. why is that exactly? well today's announcement from the fbi guarantees that none of those ringleaders will ever be charged. oh! that means that they were working for the fbi, if there were agents or informants, like the leaders of a plot to kidnap the governor of michigan, for example, there is now a very good chance we will never know. maybe that's the point. none of this means the doj is going to stop prosecuting political dissidents, however. they are full speed ahead on that. just today, the doj, the biden administration announced as charging a host at info wars, a man called owen shroyer, with several federal crimes, including "entering a restricted area on january 6th." well, that sounds bad. what it all and do? he did not go inside the capitol building on january 6th, he stood on the capitol steps with hundreds of other people. what he did not even look at macy's. like black lives matter. he just stood there on t

steven yates is former deputy national security adviser to vice president dick cheney.t? >> it is. it's tragic and disappointing in many, many ways. we're coming up on the 20th anniversary of 9/11. many, many american forces and allied forces sacrificed their lives to try to stomp out al-qaeda and remove the taliban. obviously, we've had a very sad and and long trajectory from initial major military operations. there's been talk of withdrawing from afghanistan pretty ardently since the killing of bin laden, and we've sort of dithered ever since. and i just see the events unfolding in a disorderly retreat, and i'm fear that this weakness will have consequences beyond afghanistan. neil: stephen, i do wonder certainly among the family members and friends of those who lost their lives or were horribly maimed in afghanistan those couple of decades, you could always argue that our 20 years there prevented a follow-up attack on our country. so it does beg the question if the taliban does gain control of afghanistan whether we're vulnerable to such an attack. what do you think?

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listening too much to dick cheney and donald rumsfeld, but what you just read is exactly right. here ex-president bush is calling it straight. we at all costs have to bring our afghan allies into the united states. these are the people who fought for democracy. they're our friends. and, you know, whether it's 20,000, 30,000, or more, i think history will determine how this all went because this is our longest war. we could all be saying, don, look, the war ended, this is a good thing. but the contingency plans unraveled. nobody knows what's going on. it's chaos. but we might be able to turn this into a positive if we show we don't leave people behind like gerald ford did during the vietnam war, bringing the vietnamese, our friends, into america. >> before the president spoke today, douglas, former defense secretary leon panetta said he should take responsibility like jfk did after the bay of pigs. biden did say the buck stops with him but only after a lot of finger-pointing. how will history remember this speech? >> oh, it was not much of a speech. it was very bland. it's not go

john hannah on this, former vice president to dick cheney's national security adviser.cker here, no remarks, nothing on what has been happening and going on in afghanistan. what do you make of that? >> yeah, i agree. this is a dereliction of duty for a president which has put competence and his foreign expertise at the top of his credentials. we're watching a world development that will affect american national interests around the world for years to come. as you say, all of the pictures right now are of humiliation, panic, chaos and one step removed from a massive tragedy and loss of life if things get out of control at that airport. the american people, the world need some re-assuring at this moment in time. for the president of the united states to think that in this context he could get off with a one-off speech a day or two ago and not keep relaying to the american people that he has the situation under control, is going to act immediately to get it under control and defend the interests of the united states and its citizens on the ground in afghanistan i think is

. >> mitch mcconnell and liz cheney's comments, which conveniently ignored george bush's and dick cheney's debacle, came after members of congress received an unclassified briefing on this situation today. jason crow attended that region. he's a former army ranger who served in iraq and afghanistan. what did you learn from that briefing this morning and frankly, what is your reaction to all we've seen this weekend out of afghanistan? >> yeah. thanks for having me on. i'm heartbroken. this is a chaotic situation. i don't think that's paying attention to this can say it's going well. it certainly is not. but i frankly could care less what mitch mcconnell has to say about this. he's somebody who for decades has refused to really debate this ongoing war. even recently, he shot down debate on use of military force. nor do i care about all the policy think tank discussions that are happening or all the white papers that are going to be produced about this. all the monday morning quarterbacking by members of congress who are now for the first time weighing in on this issue. this is really simple

about the dick cheney energy task force. september 11th nobody talked about that task force again. it changes your perspective, mind and mindset. we were attacked now we have to be on offense. i feel institutionally in the military they want to be on offense and so does the intelligence community. i think. >> correct. that woke us up to islam and radical islamic. it's not going away even if we fight it. it woke us up to limits, nation building, remaking people. it woke us up to spending that time and money, resources in one place you can't spend it somewhere he is. the communist chinese, we have finite resources. it woke us up to effective allies. the patch i we're on my soldier isap. it was i saw americans fighting. there were great countries i get it ultimately it's an american -- prince harry. ultimately it's a american mission. our vigilance will decide what is at bay. >> we have two minutes left. the state department will brief at 6:00 o'clock. we will turn it over to brett. let's go around. katie. >> yes. the lessons learned here. people say why are we not winning the war or

why would they go to such lengths to help george bush and dick cheney. they are liberal in many instances, their alignment in reality is to places like the cia, the pentagon, they do generally support war and i think we're seeing a lot of that now. they didn't just turn on biden out of fairness but because they really do believe in this endless u.s. war machine as a matter of ideology. howie: it wasn't just the washington post. a lot of media organizations did mea culpas for aiding and abating the march to war in iraq. now, you say that some of these corporate media organizations are pure militaryists, they reveer the cia and so forth. if you're right, how did that happen after half a century after the press was a leading platform for the anti-vietnam war movement? >> so that's a really interesting and complex question. i want to kind of emphasize that last correction or clarification you made. you're absolutely right. in 2002, 2003, fox news obviously was in favor of the iraq war but that didn't make a difference. their largely conservative viewership s

and he knew vice president dick cheney from way back when but stopped when cheney was running for congress in wyoming. so i was quite involved in or aware of politics and public service early on and especiallyenergy issues . my grandfather was very interactive in terms of the always believed since i was a young girl that america needs more energy independence. >> .forward thinking. >> i had a chance to have that experience but my dad went to college, he was the first in his family to go to college. he went to university of wyoming. the needed a business degree and then we moved to denver so my mom and dad and i moved to denver. my sister came alonga couple of years later . >> did not seem like before we get too far i want to talk about your school and readings but did movies seem like a very big deal? >> i was only six. yeah, big deal. my mom and dad, they were adventurous in that way. i think now one of my pieces of advice is don't be afraid to move. i moved quite a bit, i'm sure you probably have. husband was in the royal air force so i think now his 41st address in his life so the movie

it is definitely george bush and dick cheney who are responsible for this mess. kind of blame barack obama because he should have taken us out when they got bin laden. the lesson is you cannot make people stand up for a government that they did not want. the afghani soldiers do not want to this government. it is ours. we set it up. it is not in their nature to govern the way we want to them to. they walked away. it is not because they were not a courageous bunch of men. they did not want to fight for the government we put their. we should have learned this lesson in vietnam because the same thing happened then. host: on the former afghan government, it was yesterday that the nato secretary-general made his,'s about the situation in afghanistan, saying the internal clinical system and afghan government bears response ability here. -- responsibility here. [video clip] >> the united states agreed that u.s. troops would withdraw by may. after many rounds of consultations, allies agreed to follow the u.s. decision. ending our military mission was not easy. we were fac

i think dick cheney and bush and blackrock started this whole thing.hey gave us weapons of mass destruction. i worked in the inter-force as a civilian. i trained for years on those respirators and the equipment. it was all for none. it was a big waste to -- waste of time for money. it was a contractor war. host: as far as president biden is concerned, what do you think about his decision? caller: we have to get out of there. why do we keep supporting these contractors? host: you blinged the bus -- bush administration, as far as the administration's of president obama and trump, do you think they take responsibly as well? he hung up. let's go to alex in silver spring, maryland, and afghan war vet. caller: i was deployed to afghanistan in 2011. basically, 10 years ago. one of the last year long deployments they were having for the army. at the time, this was under obama, it was right around the time that he started the drawdown, which is neither here nor there. just placing it in the timeframe. i was deployed to a province which i heard on the news this

of course we know that president bush and dick cheney, his entire administration made this up.there were no nuclear weapons in iraq. they knew there were not. we know they lied and the whole premise was a big lie that we were going into remove nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction from that country. so it is time for that authorization to go, senator kaine has said and others, there is now completely different posture with the iraq government. we are no longer at war with them. and again, that war was based on a complete and total fabrication, a complete and total lie that was towed to the american public with incredibly negative consequences for so many tens of thousands of people across our country and families in the country of iraq as well. so we have to move on, i think, to the conversation about where we are today. one of the questions i would like to ask is, i welcome the biden administration's announced decision to end its support for offensive operations by the saudi led military coalition in yemen and for its commitment to a political solution that end

he is also the former radio free asia president and former deputy national security advisor for dick cheneyace already by the communist party. they've already cracked down on a number of industries, including technology, ride hailing company didi global, as well as video games, the education sector. now the ccp releases this program that this crack darn will continue and be in place for several years. your reaction to what's taking place right now? >> good morning, maria. i think it's an important reminder that basically the party, the communist party of china is in charge of that country and its economy which is wildly out of the normals when -- norms when it comes to generally accepted practices in international business and transaction. clearly i think this is admission on their part that they've lost control over some of these key modern sectors of their economy and they're going to impose greater party controls and so the way they go forward in this i think is a very chilling signal to markets and investors, in that we have a very nontransparent party, arbitrarily imposing new systems

bush bears the biggest amount of responsibility, him and dick cheney.this attack as an excuse to get the war they really wanted. the where they really wanted was the prize. they got it. that was another disaster. let's look at all of the state that bush made protecting the saudi's, his buddies. they did not want the american public to understand how bad saudi arabia really is. host: new mexico, a couple of comments via text messaging service. dan in pennsylvania, some may say the war in afghanistan was good for weapons manufacturers. this from victoria in florida, she's a soldier. never leave a comrade behind. those afghan men fought the hot -- fought beside us. we gave them an oath. you are now our brother. we failed them. an update for you on that pentagon press briefing. it has been pushed to 10:30 a.m. we will still air it on c-span. we will end it as we usually do at 10:00 eastern. there is that 2:30 a.m. press briefing. -- 10:30 a.m. press briefing. at 2:30 p.m. eastern, conversation with the democrat from massachusetts, a former marine officer on