President Biden traveled to camp David this weekend on an extended August vacation.

Luckily he managed to get out of there right before the Taliban took it over.

From 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, please enjoy this podcast edition of

Late Night with Seth Meyers. On today's show, Seth talks to CNN journalist Dana Bash.

But first, a closer look.

The Taliban have regained control in Afghanistan amid a chaotic US evacuation,

bringing a tragic end to a 20-year bipartisan foreign policy disaster that

American officials of both parties bear responsibility for and which they have repeatedly

lied about for more on this, it's time for a closer look.

The crushing reality of the so-called global war on terror is that some of the highest-ranking

officials involved in it now admit that it was a colossal failure. And that's a reality we

should all grapple with. Presidents, politicians, and foreign policy elites of both parties deserve

blame for this calamity. In his new book, Rain of Terror, author Spencer Ackerman writes,

in 2020, I.S. Stanley McChrystal, the former joint special operations command in Afghanistan war

commander, if the war on terror had been worth it, it would be impossible to argue that it was the

answer. The outcome just hasn't been positive enough to argue that. That's not an anti-war

activist saying that. That's the former commander of the war on Afghanistan, staying the 20-year

war on terror was a failure. It's like if Kevin Feige said, honestly, I have no idea what's going

on in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. None of it makes sense to me. I mean, they all have superpowers,

but every fight comes down to karate. What the hell, right? Of course, in reality, the only thing

Feige has to apologize for is not putting Vince Vaughn and Loki. You missed a huge opportunity.

It's great some buzz and reunite the greatest comic duo since Laurel and Hardy. Body, body,

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