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The Bret Baier Podcast

"A Gigantic, Crashing Failure" Afghanistan Falls To The Taliban

The Bret Baier Podcast

FOX News Radio

News, Politics, News Commentary

3.6 • 681 Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2021

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

This week, Bret sits down with Editor and CEO of The Dispatch and Host of The Dispatch Podcast Steve Hayes, National Political Correspondent for NPR Mara Liasson, and Wall Street Journal Columnist Bill McGurn to discuss the Biden Administration's decision to exit Afghanistan and the country's subsequent fall to the Taliban.  Later, the panel discusses how these events will impact public opinion of President Biden.  Follow Bret on Twitter: @BretBaier Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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America's got to be in the lead if you want to deal with these threats.

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We're going to lead.

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The morning is over. The Shiva is done done and if you're a conservative you should

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be optimistic you know my main priority right now is making sure that it delivers

1:01.4

for the American people yeah the president sounded like he's concerned about it

1:05.8

but no specifics no change in policy we have to make our country great again and

1:10.5

I will do that.

1:11.4

I think the president gets criticized by people all the time for the stuff he says,

1:15.4

by people who ignore what he does.

1:17.3

Now, Fox's chief political anchor, Brett Bair.

1:21.1

Over the weekend, a heavily armed Taliban fighters swept into Afghanistan's capital of Kabul.

1:26.0

After the government brutally collapsed, the Afghan president

1:29.3

fled the country, signaling the end of the United States' long-term effort to secure and rebuild

1:35.4

that nation. White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan stated on ABC's Good Morning America.

1:41.6

The president did not think it was inevitable that the Taliban were going to take control of Afghanistan.

1:47.5

He thought the Afghan National Security Forces could step up and fight because we spent 10 years training them.

1:54.0

In the meantime, we as a nation are still battling the coronavirus across the country,

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