♪ JOEY: THE STATE DEPARTMENT QUIETLY RELEASING REPORTS THAT SHED LIGHT ON THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S HANDLING OF THE CHAOTIC 2021 WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN. THE REPORT REVEALS THE MISSION LACKED APPROPRIATE PLANNING AND RESPONSE SAYING, QUOTE, THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT SENIOR-LEVEL CONSIDERATION OF WORST CASE SCENARIOS AND HOW QUICKLY THOSE MIGHT IF FOLLOW. FORMER GREEN BERET SCOTT MANN LED EVACUATIONS EFFORTS IN AFGHANISTAN. GOOD MORNING. SCOTT IS9, I KNOW THE FRUSTRATION OF ALL OF THIS CONVERSATION PROBABLY FOLLOWS WITH EVERYTHING YOU DID AND THE WAY THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS HANDLED THE FALLOUT. BUT BEFORE WE GET TO THE TALKING, I WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO THIS FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN. >> ALL THE EVIDENCE COMES BACK, REMEMBER WHAT I SAID ABOUT AFGHANISTAN? I SAID al-QAEDA WOULD NOT BE THERE. I SAID IT WOULDN'T BE THERE. I SAID WE'D GET HELP FROM THE TALIBAN. WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW? WHAT'S GOING ON? READ YOUR ARE PRESS. I WAS RIGHT. JOEY: SCOTT, FOR ME THIS IS IT IS KIND OF LIKE WHEN YOUR KID TELLS ON THEMSELF FOR SOMETHING YOU SAW THEM DO. IT'S NOT SURPRISING WHAT'S IN THIS REPORT. WHAT DOES BOTHER ME IS THE LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY, AND I'D LOVE FOR YOU TO TALK ABOUT THAT. >> YEAH, THANKS, JOEY. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. AS I TALK TO VETERANS AROUND THE COUNTRY ABOUT IMPACT OF THE WAY THIS WAR ENDED AND THE WITHDRAWAL, THAT IS THE BIG THING THAT KEEPS COMING UP, IS ABSENCE OF LEADERSHIP. THE ABSENCE OF LEADERSHIP AT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LEVEL ON HOW WE LEFT THAT COUNTRY, HOW WE ABANDONED OUR ALLIES AND THE MORAL INJURY THAT'S BEEN INFLICTED ON OUR VET A IRANS. BUT IF YOU LISTEN TO PRESIDENT BIDEN'S COMMENTS, AND FOR ME, THIS IS NOT A REPUBLICAN OR A DEMOCRAT THING, BUT TO SAY AL-QAEDA IS NOT IN AFGHANISTAN -- [LAUGHTER] AND THAT THE TALIBAN ARE HELPING US? IF VETERANS WERE STANDING POST WHEN WE GOT HIT ON 9/11, AND THEY SWORE NEVER AGAIN, AND NOW THERE'S 20 PLUS GROUPS IN THE COUNTRY OPERATING WITH IMPUNITY. JOEY: YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. I CARRY A STICKER ON MY LEG OF ONE,NY IF COAL, ONE -- NICOLE, ONE OF THE FOLKS KILLED THAT DAY. IF YOU'RE ASKED ABOUT THE MISTAKES OF THAT, HOW DO YOU NOT RECOGNIZE THOSE 13? OR REALLY WE DO A BAD JOB REPORTING ON THIS, ALL HOSE THAT WERE CRITICALLY INJURED THAT DAY. YOU GUYS WERE THERE IN A DIFFERENT CAPACITY, THE REPORT ALMOST BLAMES YOU ALL. BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO MOVE PAST WHAT HAPPENED IN AFGHANISTAN,, WE'VE GOT TO LOOK FORWARD. PEOPLE SERVED THIS COUNTRY, AND WE WANT TO KNOW OUR LEADERS WON'T PUT THEM INTO A BAD SPOT. WE HAVE INDEPENDENCE IN THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE WE HAD GOOD LEADERS WITH WHO FOUGHT TO GET US INDEPENDENT. WHAT'S YOUR MESSAGE, AND YOU CAN TAKE AFGHANISTAN INTO THIS, WHAT'S YOUR MESSAGE ON THIS INDEPENDENCE DAY? >> FIRST THING I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR OF IS, YOU KNOW, WE OPERATED REMOTELY LIKE A LOT OF VETERAN VOLUNTEER GROUPS FROM THE UNITED STATES, CAN BE AND WE FORMED A FEDERATION CALLED MORAL COMPASSES WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO STAND UP FOR THE VETERANS WHO HAVE RECEIVED MORAL INJURY. WHAT I WOULD SAY TO THEM, TO THE OTHER GOLD STAR FAMILIES, IT MATTERS. WHAT YOU DID MATTERED AND IS WE WILL NOT FORGET IT. IF OUR SENIOR LEADERS DON'T START RESPECTING AND RECOGNIZING THE MORAL INJURY AND THE FACT THAT THEY LEFT 800,000 PLUS VETERANS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH A MORAL INJURY WITH, HEN THE FREEDOMS WE ENJOY ARE NOT LONG OF THIS EARTH. SUIS E JEE I KNOW YOU HAD ONE THING YOU WANTED TO PLUG REAL QUICK. CAN YOU DO THAT FAST? >> I JUST WANT TO TO SAY WE ARE DOING A PLAY ABOUT MORAL RECOVERY CALLED LAST OUT: ELEGY OF A GREEN BERET IN COORDINATION WITH THE GARY I SINISE FOUNDATION TO INFORM CIVILIANS AND, YES, OUR POLITICIANS, SO CHECK IT OUT AT GARY
