Bombings at the Kabul Airport (with General McMaster & Congressman McCaul)
Skullduggery
Michael Isikoff, Daniel Klaidman, Victoria Bassetti
4.0 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 26 August 2021
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
The worst case scenario just got even worse. Today, ISIS-K struck the area outside the airport in Kabul twice. Two bombings, one a suicide attack. The events resulted in casualties for both Americans and Afghans, something President Biden said was inevitable in a situation like this. There's finger pointing from all sides, but in the end the deaths ring loud and true. The first loss of American life in Afghanistan since February of 2020. Biden condemned today's attack by responding, "We will hunt you down and make you pay" Does this mean that the endless war won't be coming to and end after all?August 31st is just days away and intelligence tells us that there are more potential attacks. General McMaster, Trump's National Security Advisor, and US Rep. Michael McCaul join to discuss.
GUESTS:
- General McMaster (@LTGHRMcMaster), Former US National Security Advisor, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution
- Congressman Michael McCaul (@RepMcCaul), Republican US Representative for Texas's 10th congressional district
HOSTS:
- Michael Isikoff (@Isikoff), Chief Investigative Correspondent, Yahoo News
- Daniel Klaidman (@dklaidman), Editor in Chief, Yahoo News
- Victoria Bassetti (@VBass), fellow, Brennan Center for Justice (contributing co-host)
RESOURCES:
- Isikoff's McMaster Article - Here.
- Biden's speech after terrorist attack in Kabul - Here.
- Latest info on terrorist attack at Kabul Airport - Here.
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| 0:00.0 | It was the worst case scenario that US officials had feared and been warning about for days. |
| 0:07.3 | On Thursday, terrorists launched two attacks outside Kabul's airport, killing 12 US soldiers |
| 0:12.6 | and wounding 15 others, with at least 60 Afghans dead and over 100 wounded. |
| 0:18.2 | The attacks were the US military reported, a complex one, in which one suicide bomber set |
| 0:24.0 | off the first main bomb by a gate at the airport while ISIS gunmen opened fire on the crowd. |
| 0:30.8 | Yet President Biden said the mission of evacuating Americans and Afghan partners will continue. |
| 0:37.0 | Even while vowing and a message to the attackers, we will hunt you down and make you pay. |
| 0:43.2 | Still, the explosions cast a new poll over a humiliating US exit from a country that is now |
| 0:48.6 | effectively controlled by our sworn enemies for the past two decades. |
| 0:55.0 | Few have been more critical of the US retreat from Afghanistan than retired army Lieutenant |
| 0:59.2 | General H.R. McMaster, President Trump's national security adviser from 2017 and 2018. |
| 1:06.4 | We'll get his take on the terror attacks and what the US should do now. |
| 1:10.4 | And then we'll talk to Texas Congressman Mike McCall, the ranking Republican on the House |
| 1:14.3 | Foreign Affairs Committee about where he thinks things went wrong on this episode of Skull |
| 1:19.9 | Duggery. |
| 1:20.9 | Hi, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United |
| 1:28.4 | States. |
| 1:29.4 | And will to the best of my building. |
| 1:31.4 | Reserve, protect and defend. |
| 1:33.5 | Constitution of the United States. |
| 1:35.8 | So help me, God. |
| 1:37.2 | So help me, God. |
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