Aug. 16, 2021 - Triggered - Donald Trump Jr
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| Okay, so Kabul and Afghanistan essentially taken over in a matter of hours, really. | |
| And this is CNN's take about the Taliban fighters. | |
| Now, of course, they haven't started beheading anyone yet, at least not on film. | |
| We all know that's likely coming. | |
| They haven't started enslaving women yet, although I imagine that too is coming. | |
| So this was CNN's take, because CNN's gonna be CNN. The same people that brought you, you know, mostly peaceful protests. | |
| Remember that one from last time? | |
| Mostly peaceful protests, as there are buildings burning in the background, brought you, and I quote, The Taliban, quote, they're chanting death to America, but they seem pretty friendly at the same time. | |
| Let's just remember that. | |
| So watch this CNN take, watch what happens, and then come back in a couple of days. | |
| Come back, you know, maybe at the end of next week, and let's revisit how well this take really aged. | |
| Because I have a feeling it's not going to age well, folks. | |
| It's going to age well. | |
| Really, really poorly. | |
| Check it out and watch. | |
| Can't make this stuff up. | |
| They'll do anything at this point, guys. | |
| They'll do anything. Take a look at what we saw. | |
| As soon as we leave our compound, it's clear who is now in charge. | |
| Taliban fighters have flooded the capital. | |
| Smiling and victorious, they took this city of six million people in a matter of hours, barely firing a shot. | |
| This is a site I honestly thought I would never see. | |
| Scores of Taliban fighters, and just behind us, the U.S. Embassy compound. | |
| Some carry American weapons. | |
| They tell us they're here to maintain law and order. | |
| Everything is under control. | |
| Everything will be fine, the commander says. | |
| Nobody should worry. | |
| What's your message to America right now? | |
| America already spent enough time in Afghanistan. | |
| They need to leave, he tells us. | |
| They already lost lots of lives and lots of money. | |
| People come up to them to pose for photographs. | |
| Thank you. | |
| They're just chanting death to America, but they seem friendly at the same time. | |
| It's utterly bizarre. | |
| At the presidential palace, the Taliban are now guarding the gate. | |
| They say they're here to fill the vacuum left when the government fled. | |
| But the welcoming spirit only extends so far, and my presence soon creates tension. | |
| They've just told me to stand to the side because I'm a woman. | |
| Outside, ordinary Afghans clamored to talk to us, struggling to process the dizzying speed of Kabul's fall. | |
| Actually, I feel nothing right now. | |
| We want peace. We are tired of this ongoing war. | |
| What does the future look like to you now? | |
| You know, I cannot predict even in seconds right now, and I can't predict even minutes right now. | |
| So that's why I don't know what will happen tomorrow and what will happen after. | |
| And that's really what it feels like on the ground. | |
| Honestly, John and Brianna, it's anyone's guess as to what the situation on the ground will look like in two hours, let alone two days, two months. | |
| And that profound sense of anxiety, I think you may not see it on the streets, but it's the people who aren't on the streets today that in some ways are the real story the people that are hiding in their homes who are petrified to go out who are worried about being targeted who fear for their lives who are too scared to tell their stories but their stories must be told because in this moment their fear and their desperation is so real As we saw with those extraordinary images coming from the airport that I don't think any of us will be able to forget anytime soon, |
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