Chris Wallace Confronts Pompeo: Do You Regret Giving Taliban 'Legitimacy'?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: The Daily Beast

Amid the widespread criticism that’s been thrown at the Biden administration over the collapse of Afghanistan following the withdrawal of American troops, Fox News anchor Chris Wallace kept it fair and balanced on Sunday morning when he confronted former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over his own record of legitimizing and emboldening the Taliban.

With the Taliban essentially taking over the entire country in a matter of a few short weeks and the Afghan president fleeing the country after the group surrounded the capital of Kabul, Pompeo appeared on Fox News Sunday to blast President Joe Biden for supposedly folding to the Taliban.

“It looks like the Biden administration has just failed in its execution of its own plan,” the former Trump secretary of state said. “It looks like they are now trying to get folks out. This reminds me of when we have seen previous administrations allow embassies to be overrun, it’s starting to feel that way. It also looks like there’s a bit of panic having to reinsert soldiers to get them out.”

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Airing a clip of Pompeo last year saying the Taliban would “work alongside us to destroy” Al Qaeda, Wallace pointedly asked the former secretary: “Do you regret giving the Taliban that legitimacy? Do you regret pressing the Afghan government to release 5,000 prisoners, which they did, some of whom are now back on the battlefield fighting with the Taliban?”

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[Pas-de-Calais]

1. Well his question is a good one bevause

09/2020 #45 and his Sec State released 5000 taliban from prison as a condition during “peace talks” with the Taliban. Release gave 3 month cease fire. Art of the Deal. ALL smart people said NO!
Payment for deal going on this week

[calimary]

3. We should NOT lay this all on Biden.

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He inherited yet another huge pile of shit left all over the floor from the trumpers.

And let’s not forget george w. bush. The guy who GOT US INTO this mess to begin with. We went INTO that Hell hole on his watch, on his decision, and on his command.

[Escurumbele]

7. Yes, but when you inherit something that doesn't mean you are going to make bad decisions with it,

Its like the kid who inherits a million dollars, spends it all in one year and then he is broke for the rest of his life.

I don't think the consequences of a fast withdrawal were well thought out, anyone could have seen what was going to happen. When it was announced I thought it was a bad idea to have such a short time table, not only have we left behind thousands of people who helped the troops, but the entire country is now slaves of the Taliban.

Yes, we inherited the mess, but it is up to the administration to make good decisions, I am convinced this is going to bite Biden, let us not forget he voted in favour of the invasion, the going in there is part his, the going out was all his and should have been done with a thorough and detailed plan to avoid what is happening now, not only for the people there, but for his political legacy. This is going to give so many talking points to the republicans that even Liz Cheney, whose father is responsible for the mess, is making comments.

[Dream Girl]

10. You are so wrong. It was put "bad decisions". It was bad intelligence. According to military

the Expectation was that the Afghan military would hold off the Taliban for 18 months. No one saw the military giving up and melting away like it did. The Afghan military was totally corrupt. They took our money but had no commitment to the mission. They left the troops on the ground will no food and no air cover. When the Taliban rolled though, they didn’t resist and some actually joined up with them. They gave the Taliban arms and equipment. Nice arm chair quarterbacking though.

[emmaverybo]

29. Thanks. Facts matter. Unfortunately, MSM is stirring and smearing with no actual concern

for any of the players.

[Elessar Zappa]

17. Americans don't care about Afghanistan.

Unless we have a scene where Americans are getting executed, this won’t affect Biden’s popularity.

[Marcuse]

2. Amongst other dumb shit, Pompeo said the Democrats are fixated on CRT.

[Escurumbele]

9. Sorry but, what is CRT???

I see, "Critical race theory"...is it that hard to just type it out?

[Marcuse]

18. See? You proved Pompeo wrong right there.

[PatSeg]

24. When I read "CRT"

I picture a computer screen. It is getting to the point where people will abbreviate anything and everything. I'm rather fond of words myself.

[rickyhall]

4. As I suggested to BartCop about 18 years ago:

The US could have gone in the back door to Afghanistan, utterly destroyed Bin Laden and his terrorists and been done with it. Nothing was accomplished for the US but make the warmongers richer. Iraq was totally fucked up for no good reason and Afghanistan will end up just like it was. Bush, etc. blew $3T for nothing.

[Mz Pip]

8. That 3 trillion

went to defense contractors. They made a bundle with this war. And if the Taliban was able to take over in a matter of weeks then they didn't do a very good job.

[marie999]

28. I'm sure the Republicans would say that most of that money went to the workers in the plants.

[Demnation]

15. I miss Bartcop. RIP

[blueseas]

19. me too RIP BC

[monkeyman1]

5. Biden didn't fold on shit !

MIKEY POMPOUS making the Taliban's look good ! how's that woking out for ya MIKEY ! fat pos !

[H2O Man]

6. An error in thinking.

The US can not "give" them legitimacy. Nor can the US deny them legitimacy.

[Dream Girl]

11. They respect power and by negotiating with them and bypassing the Afghan government, they

We’re indeed given legitimacy. They were even going to bring them to friggin Camp David.saner minds prevailed, but the die was cast.

[left-of-center2012]

12. Pompeo insisted that ...

Pompeo insisted that the Taliban would not “run free and wild in Afghanistan” if he and former President Donald Trump were still in office.

Weren't the Taliban Trump's guests at Camp David?
How'd that work out?

It ended in the deal Biden inherited from Trump.

[BobTheSubgenius]

14. Those miserable weasels (on their best day) left a very toxic poisong pill behind.

[rpannier]

21. As I recall, they were invited. Trump can celled at the last minute

From what I can find, it's not clear why.
Likely pressure from Congress because the Taliban hadn't done anything they had promised they'd do
No matter why, it was pretty stupid to invite when they hadn't shown any signs to commit to their side of the bargain and then to cancel at the last minute is also kind of dumb

[Deminpenn]

22. IIRC, the invitation to meet was scheduled

on or near the anniversay of 9/11. It was cancelled because the "optics" would have been awful. Of course Trump didn't notice or care about the date since it was all designed around his insatiable ego, but lucky for him, his advisors did.

[rpannier]

25. Thanks

I had forgotten that

[CBHagman]

26. Here's a link to the story about the planned meeting with the Taliban

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2019/09/08/trump-calls-off-secret-camp-david-meeting-with-taliban-afghan-leaders/

President Donald Trump said Saturday he canceled a secret weekend meeting at Camp David with Taliban and Afghanistan leaders after a bombing in the past week in Kabul that killed 12 people, including an American soldier, and has called off peace negotiations with the insurgent group.


Trump’s tweet was surprising because it would mean that the president was ready to host members of the Taliban at the presidential retreat in Maryland just days before the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. More than 2,400 U.S. troops have been killed since the U.S. invaded Afghanistan to go after the Taliban, which were harboring al-Qaida leaders responsible for 9/11.

Canceling the talks also goes against Trump’s pledge to withdraw the remaining 13,000 to 14,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan and close U.S. involvement in the conflict that is closing in on 18 years.

[SunSeeker]

13. K & R

[bucolic_frolic]

16. Chris Wallace is holding his own

and surely his dad would be proud. It came out after his dad passed, he was a Republican. So was Bill Hewitt. It never interfered with their journalism as far as I could tell.

[rpannier]

20. That is a good question

[Auggie]

23. Great, but it won't make it any difference ...

anything that happened vis-à-vis with TFG and the Taliban will be covered over with lies in the months and years to come. Repukes scored major campaign fodder for 2022 and 2024.

[Quanto Magnus]

27. Once again...

Dems are cleaning up the mess made by Republicons.....

Then the GQP blame Dems for the mess....

Dems need to drive this hope every time they are out talking to people..... but they don't.... and then wonder why Dem voters are always so demoralized and don't show up to vote.

[emmaverybo]

30. This.