Hey everybody, it's Bill Bennett. Welcome to the podcast. We've got a lot coming up, a great discussion about America and the Cultural Civil War with John Grip off through the fabulous book Old Aid about Lincoln.

I'm pretty famous book now too, but first we have to talk about this large letter catastrophe called Afghanistan.

Horrible horrible situation. Just a few thoughts one, but let's clear out the Trump responsibility for it. Several presidents I think have been lost on this issue and wrong.

This policy that we have had for 20 years and yes spent to $3,000 and lost to a 2,300 men has been a success on balance.

Why do I say that? For all the hate and complaining this is from my friend Seth Liebson and your friend.

For all the hate and complaining about the US, notice that all the good of the past 20 years that has occurred.

Schools have opened women go to school. They study real things, religious rights and freedom are respected. They disappeared today or yesterday.

It wasn't a great thriving democratic nation and the nation building I think was a mistake, but it was a, you know, an equilibrium and maybe most important.

They didn't attack us for 20 years. Remember that attack on us was launched from Afghanistan using yes guys from Saudi Arabia and elsewhere, but it was launched from Afghanistan.

There are now tons of questions that President Biden must answer, but let me get to the Trump thing. President Trump wanted to get troops out. I think that was a mistake.

He wanted to draw all the troops. Amazingly 2500 3000 troops were able to maintain this equilibrium to keep the Taliban from running the country.

The Taliban is now running the country because the 2500 3000 troops are gone. President Trump had Secretary of State Pompeo go to Doha in Qatar to meet with the Taliban.

It was also proposed. I don't know if he did the Taliban be invited to camp David God forbid didn't happen.

But there was a meeting in Doha and an agreement and maybe handshakes don't know the terrorist organization that we would be out in May of 2021.

Biden comes in and changes it and says, well, I was stuck with the Trump policy. I wasn't stuck with this Trump policy anymore.

Then he was stuck with the Trump border policy, which he reversed the Trump oil policy, pipeline policy, which he reversed.

The Trump policy on crime and sympathetic to the defend defund the police movement, which, you know, was a reversal of Trump policy.

He said he could have reversed anything he wanted. He was obligated, but he said, no, we'll get him out and we'll get him out now.

General Keen believes Jack Keen believes that, you know, the Trump withdrawal would have had conditions.

We would not have withdrawn until things were in place and people had been evacuated and you didn't have the scene we're all watching on television.

Jack Keen also said, wait a little winter because in the winter Taliban was draws to Pakistan and they're not fighting.

And that's the time if you're getting out to get out.

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