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FOX News national security expert KT McFarland on the continued military presence in the Middle East.
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What as your brand can we describe what's going.
That anything's going well in Afghanistan.
What surely you know I'd be the way you should think about Afghanistan as a three legged stool there's one leg is the military like and we -- -- succeeding militarily.
They are improving our situation militarily or where it was before but the other two legs are at the safe havens in Pakistan got clean those out.
Unsuccessfully.
During that.
And the third leg is the current Thai government after we leave you know eventually we -- And when we -- can currents I hope the country together I think it's highly unlikely that's why it's important I think to negotiate with the Taliban now.
How to deal.
But we're of their original some of the -- well we got -- on Lebanon and MI well that does.
Is it I think it gives us an opportunity have a very different conversation with Afghanistan Pakistan.
We're Pakistan you got -- them as they looked -- and war is -- -- -- pretending to help -- with the Taliban and al-Qaeda and and a -- and Latin.
And we've been pretending to believe you but now and everybody -- -- that's you know the -- has been ripped aside and we now that the pretend is that over.
And so did say that Pakistan as you got a choice now.
You either help us.
-- the Taliban to renounce al-Qaeda lay down their arms and -- some kind of an accommodation with the Karzai government if you're unable and unwilling to do that.
Then the second -- -- gun is to help us clean out those safe havens in Pakistan.
And you're unable or unwilling to do that -- I think we need to admit that we've already lost Pakistan.
So here's what somebody like me -- -- nonetheless -- -- -- About what we're doing throughout the world and that is President Bush says forward on Afghanistan initially to -- -- -- them.
A distraction to recommend.
President bombardier selected -- well were going.
Dressed down senator will solve a lot.
A veteran turned out to solve a lot of was in Pakistan and -- now is dead and so what people like me -- -- incentives.
Why did we weren't gonna practiced with importers tend to note now that he's dead -- -- we don't.
Is a problem that we always do and we've done that we did this in Vietnam we've done this in every military engagement -- is it's called mission creep.
We -- him with a very clearly defined mission.
Maybe -- Libya but in Afghanistan mission was -- -- But debt laden defeat al-Qaeda while we did that in three months time by December 2001 al-Qaeda was out of Afghanistan.
It was in Pakistan but once we got to Afghanistan we events that we look after Nooyi said she -- having erodes with does just some roads.
We got a government out of the Taliban Scott -- how credit constitution.
You don't have -- schools will it take care of that.
And so the mission creeps up up up up.
And the resources to to achieve as a mission stays here -- -- set yourself up for failure every single time and I think that's a condition in Afghanistan now.
Back to -- and Amazon.
Site and what old -- what is our national -- -- -- on how -- -- one.
Now the Europeans have on the Europeans have a national interest because of oil and refugees they want oil -- refugees.
And so they've convinced us to go along with them.
And Libya but again trying to get Qaddafi I mean it's not clear what their objective is is that -- active.
Is it just protect and some people there are a lot of more people being slaughtered right now on the Ivory Coast in Sudan and Syria.
Are we going and any of those countries now.
-- -- all distracted her for a -- roads.
-- and win and we're gonna do.
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Bands.
Pictures of himself -- around.
Members manner of everything that's normal behavior -- around yourself in a -- getting all excited I mean why I think -- -- -- -- Yeah zone what did you think when -- about -- she.
Well.
I'm surprised.
I you know -- -- with them and and I think it's a base -- ever been high you know if you look like agreed and act like -- great chances are your creep.
My wife -- she thought it was a -- as well.
But I liked him.
A man or -- -- not appear on mouth I mean I guess you must've thought there was something -- you well.
I thought it was funny -- is a thought it was a museum and they would argue with Megyn Kelly -- like to have -- and you know zero to -- source of entertainment.
I didn't have an idea was that it was taken pictures of his status and suddenly -- -- Which as I said from day one -- well I don't care what your work it to.
And macabre short wal mart's future cute picture can't be doing another ended may maybe you could do -- a tour priest put out a bit about -- As.
Well -- billion dollars -- grade -- You're very well you mariners' on my and I'm -- -- apparently marriage -- 67 years five kids -- -- -- fanatic about modern -- about billionaire now.
Armor they have payment and I love -- -- just just just -- The -- the outlook.
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I tell everybody my -- -- that anyone either one of us you never know -- -- house.
Anyway thank you took I'm just -- -- obviously yeah thank you very much.
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