Biden stands by his decision not to withdraw troops from Afghanistan. Is he even competent to lead the country? Glenn and Stu discuss the latest on the situation in Afghanistan. Also, a report that the Taliban are using biometrics to identify coalition forces.
00:04:09.700You know, it's not being mentioned at all is that the vice president of Afghanistan did not flee the country and was saying, hey, I'm over here.
00:05:38.240They have finally, finally given us something crystal clear that on who to blame for the Taliban.
00:05:51.240If you've lost your crop and your land or the Afghan government hasn't paid enough attention to you, then, of course, the Taliban can come and exploit it.
00:05:59.460The they claim that climate change is partially to blame for the rise of the Taliban.
00:06:09.540Now, when I read that first, I thought Babylon beat.
00:06:25.700Well, the only thing you could do when the temperature rises point nine degrees, no matter what the cause is, go to the Taliban, turn to Islamists.
00:07:07.080And he is now one of the Taliban leaders mapping out the future of the country.
00:07:13.700His name is Khalil Harkhani, and he has pledged a new era for Afghanistan.
00:07:21.560He was leading prayers for the Taliban fighters at a mosque there in Kabul.
00:07:26.360The Harkhanis, that's I guess a bunch of brothers, have been blamed for some of the deadliest terror attacks across the world in recent years.
00:07:34.280They have been designated as a foreign terrorist group by the United States and United Nations.
00:07:42.320Despite their reputation, they are expected to be a powerful player in the new regime following the Taliban's takeover in Afghanistan.
00:07:51.400Another key leader of the Harkhani network is Anus Harkhani.
00:12:32.260The outside gate was just closed because of IED threats from ISIS.
00:12:37.560Um, Taliban are blocking people on the outside perimeter of the airport and not allowing them through.
00:12:44.240President, President Biden says that there's no harm coming to us citizens or people that are trying to get in that they're not being beaten by the Taliban or anything else.
00:13:15.160We, we cannot get a single person in the state department to support us on the diplomatic front.
00:13:20.320However, however, right now we, you know, different countries that want to take people or have agreed to take people.
00:13:26.680People are requesting diplomatic notes from the state department that when they arrive, you know, one, two, three will happen.
00:13:33.060And the state department keeps telling us, we will not write any notes.
00:13:36.820We will not give you any support whatsoever.
00:13:38.780So, so we're in the middle of diplomatic wranglings trying to figure out when we go rotate people in, rotate planes in to take them out where we're going to take them to next destination.
00:13:49.160So we're in concert talking to, we have countries that will take them.
00:13:54.880Why is our state department not willing to say, yes, you can move them.
00:14:01.840I mean, guys in DOD that I'm working with are, are leaning forward in the saddle to help us, but the state department, not a single soul in there is, is being helpful whatsoever.
00:14:10.900I understand a lot of congressmen and senators are angry, they're writing letters and they're, they're trying to get things moving, but, but it's been extremely slow.
00:14:19.600We've, I've never ever in my entire life seen anything so messed up and so discombobulated.
00:14:26.580It's just, it's just been a nightmare for us, but we're determined to get people out.
00:14:31.500I mean, we're figuring out different angles, different ways, the threat keeps increasing every single day for the people, not, and not, not only from, you know, from the, the different radical groups on the ground, but we're talking about dehydrations, people who are sick with medical conditions.
00:14:49.120And, you know, there's no food and water, no bathrooms, like I said.
00:14:54.200Um, so, you know, um, every second I hear different stories of air force wanting to send planes, they're focusing on American citizens, getting American citizens out, but we also have the SIVs and people who helped us until we clear the airfield from the inside, we can't bring people from the outside in.
00:15:13.320So that's, that's the biggest dilemma right now.
00:15:15.980So, so that's the part, that's the part that we're trying to sell as fast as we can.
00:15:20.280How fast is the military transport planes going in and out?
00:15:39.820Um, I, and I'll, I'll be jumping on some phone calls afterwards, but, um, it's, it's, it's been, I mean, the, the, the problem is, is normally when you do enough,
00:15:50.260non-combatant evacuation, you put the department of defense in charge, and then basically the, the state department backbenches and supports in this case, it's flipped around.
00:16:00.100So the state department is trying to run the show and the department of defense is in the back as backbenching.
00:16:58.400I think we only have a half hour on the ground, don't we?
00:17:01.740No, no, we have a little bit longer than that.
00:17:04.780It's going to be closer to an hour and a half, two hours, but, but, um, um, yeah.
00:17:10.240Is that going to be followed by another one?
00:17:14.000Do we, are we in a system yet of being able to rotate them?
00:17:19.540We, we have, we have, we have currently multiple aircraft on tap, but, but we are in the middle of trying to sort out the diplomatic issue on the other end, but we have to clear any more people coming in.
00:17:36.000And that is all, that's all because of the state department.
00:17:39.320The state department could take care of this right now.
00:17:45.860I mean, we spent the, I haven't slept in three days.
00:17:49.160It's all we've been doing is calling people and, and trying to get, to get this issue sorted out.
00:17:54.140My, my objective has been, you know, let's get them out of Afghanistan, wherever we take them and then deal with the aftermath there.
00:18:01.820But it's, you know, you, it's hard when you fly a plane and then it gets diverted midair to, you know, to another place.
00:18:08.720And then it sits on a tarmac and, you know, with a bunch of passengers who are dying of dehydration in the back and then you make matters worse.
00:18:16.320So I'm, we're trying to sort that out all at the same time.
00:18:28.560Call senators, call congressmen, get people, get people to, to shake the state department from the inside out and, and get them to, to, to provide us at least some diplomatic support where we can just go.
00:18:45.200We have the people on the ground to move the people, but we just need at least countries that will take them, uh, and, and help us with that, that, that portion of it.
00:18:53.600And we all, so we're asking for the state department to give these planes, what diplomatics, go ahead.
00:19:02.240Yes, we want, we want them to work through our, our embassies in the various countries just to say, you know, they will give a diplomatic note and say, please, if you take these refugees for 10 days or whatever, you've got them and then you can rotate them out to next destination.
00:19:17.760At least it gives us a little bit of time to work with the bigger countries, you know, Western countries that have agreed to take, you know, refugees permanently, you know, time to cycle in other aircraft that come in and take them to final destination.
00:19:31.440Okay. Good. Thank you very much, Rudy. And God bless you. We are praying for you and millions are praying for all of the people involved on your team. Thank you.
00:19:44.580It's Rudy Atali. He is the, uh, CEO of, of the Nazarene fund. He was on the national security council, uh, for presidents past and, uh, and been in the air force for, I don't even know, 30 years.
00:20:01.040Uh, and, um, is a remarkable, remarkable man.
00:20:05.520Uh, so here's what I'd like to do. And if we can get one of our producers on the phone, let's get Ricky and Sarah, uh, start to man the phone.
00:20:14.180Uh, let's get some of these, these, uh, senators and congressmen that we know on the phone, uh, and on the air.
00:20:24.140We need you to call your senators and congressmen. There's some things that are going on that you will find out about later.
00:20:33.220We're trying not to, uh, ruffle feathers until we can get people out. Uh, there's no reason to finger point, um, uh, until we get, uh, things out.
00:20:46.540But the state department is a, is a problem is a big problem. And we need those members of Congress to, to move.
00:20:57.740It is, this is one of the hardest, most heartbreaking things I have ever been involved in. Uh, I, I get good news.
00:21:08.100And then the rug is ripped out from underneath me. Um, the, the way this is being handled is insanity, absolute insanity.
00:21:22.620I've seen government operations and government operations don't always go your way. Um, but they at least will make sense.
00:21:31.680If it's a military operation, it will at least make sense to some degree. This makes no sense on what is going on and we're a week into it and they're still doing this.
00:21:45.300We have, what is it? Nine days. Is it nine days to the 31st? I don't even know the date today. It's 23rd today. Okay.
00:21:53.880So we are running out of time. Uh, and as he's saying, it's getting worse on the ground. They are becoming more and more emboldened and we have to get these people out. Um, and we have the planes on standby. We have everything ready. Uh, when I asked if we were doing some of the other things outside, you don't know.
00:22:19.620How people are risking their lives to help people right now. We have people that are in grave, grave danger right now, trying to get people to the airport. Um, you will be amazed when you hear this whole story.
00:22:38.260Uh, but we need you to call your senators and congressmen right now, flood them right now.
00:22:48.420And tell them we need the state department to give diplomatic passes to the airplanes that are loaded up with these refugees to, to, um, allow the UAE to take these people, uh, and hold them for 10 days until they can go someplace else.
00:23:13.720This that we've already coordinated all of these other countries. We, we have everything we need. We have absolutely everything we need, except the Taliban is holding the gates and stopping us from bringing in some people. We're working on workarounds for that.
00:23:33.160And then the other obstacle. And then the other obstacle, and these are the two, the Taliban and our state department, we already have everything else we need.
00:23:45.960We have the countries where they're going to be accepted, where they'll be gladly taken. We have places for them to hold until they go to their final destination. We have it all.
00:23:59.600We don't have all of the people because the Taliban, as Rudy just said, it, the president is lying to you. He is lying to you.
00:24:12.700They are beating people at the gates. The other, the other obstacle is our state department. I believe it's one in the same.
00:24:27.340Please call your Senator and your Congressman right now and ask them to please clear the problems with the state department to get these refugees out.
00:24:42.700This is the best of the Glenn Beck program.
00:24:58.120Saber Nasseri is known by a lot of people as Saber Rock.
00:25:54.660I just kindly ask everyone to pray for me and we can we can save them.
00:26:00.260So if you don't know what happened to Saber, he was one of the lead guys early on in the war in the Helmand province, which was one of the most violent regions in the area.
00:26:15.500And they had to drive a wedge between the Afghani villagers and the Taliban and all of the communication then would be driven right right through rock, if you will, Saber Rock.
00:26:31.120And it ended up really, really, really, really well.
00:26:37.180They were doing a documentary film of it at the time.
00:26:40.860And because of that, he had a three hundred thousand dollar bounty on on his head.
00:26:47.220And and and your family now are has some of the family has gotten out and are in Dubai.
00:26:56.900And we don't want to identify the family at all.
00:26:59.920But you have other other members of your family that you're trying to get out.
00:27:05.100And you say they're at the gates of the base.
00:27:08.260Yes, I cannot share the location right now, but they're around the airport.
00:27:17.520And, you know, I'm a little bit sad that become three weeks.
00:28:20.900And so, you know, some of the military force military retire like Colonel Mark DeVito, Mr. Brad Park, CEO of Hollywood Film Festival, and Nancy Reward, especially Lucas Rob Brothers that they made the movie about me.
00:28:44.780And also Congressman Chris Smith, and also Congressman Chris Smith, Green Barrett, Jerry Torres, they all retire army and military forces.
00:29:01.480Mr. Joe Biden is supposed to support and save my family.
00:29:05.340He says that he says that he says that the Taliban is not beating people.
00:29:12.020It's it's not they're abiding by, you know, the way they should behave in international law.
00:29:18.880Any comment on on trusting the Taliban and what's really happening on the ground?
00:29:24.760Whatever he said that maybe he mentioned to the social media, but I will show I will give you proof that the Taliban, they are looking for those people who serve for U.S. government, who serve for like a general colonel.
00:29:42.760They are searching every single house.
00:30:56.360Majority of people of Afghanistan, majority means 99% of people of Afghanistan, they don't like Taliban.
00:31:03.660Then they are kindly requesting from Mr. Joe Biden.
00:31:07.740Mr. Joe Biden can change everything, can save all people of Afghanistan, if he can.
00:31:15.020So they are kindly requesting, please, Mr. Joe Biden, save us from beast, save us from animals, Taliban or animals.
00:31:24.480So let me ask you this, Saber, the Taliban army did not, it's not the Taliban, the Afghani army did not stand up to the Taliban.
00:31:37.620But we're seeing now all throughout the country, these citizens in towns all over the country standing up and kicking them out of the area.
00:32:04.940So it means that I'm telling you the truth.
00:32:07.840So majority of, right now, majority of U.S. Afghan army, ANA, Afghan National Army, they are trying to join Mr. Ahmad, Mr. Ahmad, which is, he is the son of the leader of Afghanistan, Ahmad Shah Massoud, killed by Taliban.
00:32:32.800Now they start, because 95% of Afghanistan is covered by Taliban.
00:32:38.9205%, which is Panjshir province and some of the province in the north, they are under control of Mujahideen.
00:32:48.860They are under control of the people who beat the Russia, who beat the China, who beat the England, who beat the Pakistan and India, whatever.
00:32:59.920But what happened was the manager, the so-called president, Mr. Ashraf Ghani, he elected by U.S. government.
00:33:13.500He elected by president of the United States, whatever it was.
00:33:17.640He was the fraud, briber, and fascist president we ever had.
00:33:25.020He was the hated president of Afghanistan.
00:33:30.300So then the Taliban, they became strong.
00:34:51.200The problem, majority of people of Afghanistan say, if we see Ashraf Ghani anywhere, we will not leave him alone.
00:35:01.440They are very, very, very upset from Afghanistan.
00:35:06.400When he left, because he apparently left with his family and his gold and everything else, it was kind of it looked as though he was leaving because of the Taliban.
00:39:09.660Saber, I appreciate the insight on this, and I do hope that we change our tactics here,
00:39:18.660because we are just abandoning our friends and so many women and so many little girls and children from having a safe future and a future of freedom.