CNN: 3,000 U.S. Troops Headed to Afghanistan as Country Begins To Collapse

RUSH TRANSCRIPT Census data ░░░░░░░░ a consequential rewrite of ░░░░░░░░ political map We begin ░░░░░░░░ hour with a crumbling ░░░░░░░░ and the question of ░░░░░░░░ President Biden is guilty ░░░░░░░░ a tragic miscalculation the ░░░░░░░░ is rushing troops to ░░░░░░░░ region to severely evacuate ░░░░░░░░ at risk of being ░░░░░░░░ in the middle of ░░░░░░░░ terrorist advance that as ░░░░░░░░ stunning Taliban takeover continues ░░░░░░░░ s second largest city ░░░░░░░░ third largest city fifth ░░░░░░░░ city half of its ░░░░░░░░ capitals fallen this week ░░░░░░░░ footage is stunning Taliban ░░░░░░░░ marching with rpgs in ░░░░░░░░ middle of city streets ░░░░░░░░ parading around in U ░░░░░░░░ Military equipment The president ░░░░░░░░ said to be surprised ░░░░░░░░ the pace of the ░░░░░░░░ gains but unyielding in ░░░░░░░░ belief withdrawing American troops ░░░░░░░░ is the right call ░░░░░░░░ insists despite what is ░░░░░░░░ in plain sight a ░░░░░░░░ takeover is not inevitable ░░░░░░░░ it is not Why ░░░░░░░░ you have the Afghan ░░░░░░░░ have 300 000 well ░░░░░░░░ as well equipped as ░░░░░░░░ army in the world ░░░░░░░░ an air force against ░░░░░░░░ like 75 000 Taliban ░░░░░░░░ is not inevitable Let ░░░░░░░░ get straight to Nick ░░░░░░░░ Walsh who has deep ░░░░░░░░ covering Afghanistan The president ░░░░░░░░ it s not inevitable ░░░░░░░░ we see suggests that ░░░░░░░░ is It s already ░░░░░░░░ I hate to say ░░░░░░░░ There s very little ░░░░░░░░ they re going to ░░░░░░░░ the extraordinary urban gains ░░░░░░░░ have seen by the ░░░░░░░░ over the past week ░░░░░░░░ past week I mean ░░░░░░░░ after 20 years of ░░░░░░░░ attrition massive campaigns at ░░░░░░░░ from just a village ░░░░░░░░ have seen them against ░░░░░░░░ Afghan security forces that ░░░░░░░░ U S Has for ░░░░░░░░ 12 years as a ░░░░░░░░ and the reason they ░░░░░░░░ leave Afghanistan behind they ░░░░░░░░ essentially crumbled It s ░░░░░░░░ an extraordinary week One ░░░░░░░░ U S Foreign policy ░░░░░░░░ President Biden s instinct ░░░░░░░░ we can t keep ░░░░░░░░ the same just about ░░░░░░░░ to stop your enemy ░░░░░░░░ winning indefinitely yes of ░░░░░░░░ but this was inevitable ░░░░░░░░ and I think people ░░░░░░░░ been surprised by how ░░░░░░░░ the paper tiger of ░░░░░░░░ Afghan national army has ░░░░░░░░ folded Today the conversation ░░░░░░░░ think is moving more ░░░░░░░░ kabul the capital There ░░░░░░░░ other cities around Afghanistan ░░░░░░░░ do risk pressure from ░░░░░░░░ Taliban But we ve ░░░░░░░░ some of the discussion ░░░░░░░░ yesterday the talk was ░░░░░░░░ there be a siege ░░░░░░░░ kabul I hear more ░░░░░░░░ today about the possibility ░░░░░░░░ some kind of diplomacy ░░░░░░░░ the next few days ░░░░░░░░ try and make that ░░░░░░░░ To be sure there ░░░░░░░░ t a brutal street ░░░░░░░░ over 6 million people ░░░░░░░░ homes in the capital ░░░░░░░░ there That s what ░░░░░░░░ risk in the future ░░░░░░░░ the next weeks The ░░░░░░░░ S Marines 3 000 ░░░░░░░░ them will land in ░░░░░░░░ airports certainly today tomorrow ░░░░░░░░ and their presence will ░░░░░░░░ facility across the capital ░░░░░░░░ security blankets of sorts ░░░░░░░░ it s going to ░░░░░░░░ a messy two to ░░░░░░░░ weeks of diplomats getting ░░░░░░░░ and loyal Afghans tens ░░░░░░░░ thousands to take to ░░░░░░░░ Extraordinary time ahead Extraordinary ░░░░░░░░ none of it good ░░░░░░░░ s get to the ░░░░░░░░ Department s Kylie Atwood ░░░░░░░░ of the priorities is ░░░░░░░░ get Americans out of ░░░░░░░░ country Where does that ░░░░░░░░ stand and how long ░░░░░░░░ it take What the ░░░░░░░░ Department and Pentagon are ░░░░░░░░ now is this is ░░░░░░░░ to occur over the ░░░░░░░░ three weeks There are ░░░░░░░░ 3 000 U S ░░░░░░░░ who have gone into ░░░░░░░░ to assist with getting ░░░░░░░░ some of these diplomats ░░░░░░░░ we know is the ░░░░░░░░ as it stands now ░░░░░░░░ that the U S ░░░░░░░░ not pulling out all ░░░░░░░░ their diplomats They are ░░░░░░░░ pulling out a portion ░░░░░░░░ them Now what we ░░░░░░░░ t know is what ░░░░░░░░ going to happen in ░░░░░░░░ next few weeks and ░░░░░░░░ in the next few ░░░░░░░░ or days here As ░░░░░░░░ said this has happened ░░░░░░░░ so incredibly quickly and ░░░░░░░░ the surprise of many ░░░░░░░░ Administration officials So what ░░░░░░░░ happening now is contingency ░░░░░░░░ for what would happen ░░░░░░░░ the situation got worse ░░░░░░░░ kabul faced these direct ░░░░░░░░ from the Taliban that ░░░░░░░░ very very likely at ░░░░░░░░ point Now what I ░░░░░░░░ told is that there ░░░░░░░░ conversations underway about moving ░░░░░░░░ U S Embassy to ░░░░░░░░ airport in kabul That ░░░░░░░░ a possibility and frankly ░░░░░░░░ s not a back ░░░░░░░░ conversation This is a ░░░░░░░░ burner conversation Right now ░░░░░░░░ s significant that they ░░░░░░░░ even discussing that