Richard Engel: A War Once Called Operation Enduring Freedom Proving To Be Neither Enduring Nor Leaving a Legacy of Freedom

[Clip starts Blinken Now ░░░░░░░░ S Military flights have ░░░░░░░░ and our troops have ░░░░░░░░ Afghanistan A new chapter ░░░░░░░░ America s engagement with ░░░░░░░░ has begun It s ░░░░░░░░ in which we will ░░░░░░░░ with our diplomacy The ░░░░░░░░ mission is over A ░░░░░░░░ diplomatic mission has begun ░░░░░░░░ ends GEIST Secretary of ░░░░░░░░ Tony Blinken speaking yesterday ░░░░░░░░ America s longest war ░░░░░░░░ to an end Welcome ░░░░░░░░ to Morning Joe It ░░░░░░░░ Tuesday August 31st The ░░░░░░░░ American military plane carrying ░░░░░░░░ from Afghanistan left Kabul ░░░░░░░░ night bringing an end ░░░░░░░░ evacuation efforts that ultimately ░░░░░░░░ behind an estimated 1 ░░░░░░░░ 200 United States citizens ░░░░░░░░ News Chief foreign correspondent ░░░░░░░░ Engel has the latest ░░░░░░░░ starts Engel voice over ░░░░░░░░ States ended its 20 ░░░░░░░░ war in Afghanistan with ░░░░░░░░ conclusion of the largest ░░░░░░░░ air lift in American ░░░░░░░░ McKENZIE I m here ░░░░░░░░ announce the completion of ░░░░░░░░ withdrawal from Afghanistan and ░░░░░░░░ end of the military ░░░░░░░░ Engel voice over 123 ░░░░░░░░ people flown out of ░░░░░░░░ now Taliban controlled country ░░░░░░░░ Taliban firing barrages of ░░░░░░░░ gunfire after the last ░░░░░░░░ departed Not all Americans ░░░░░░░░ able to get out ░░░░░░░░ The citizens that were ░░░░░░░░ brought out number in ░░░░░░░░ very low hundreds I ░░░░░░░░ that we re going ░░░░░░░░ be able to get ░░░░░░░░ people out Engel voice ░░░░░░░░ It s been two ░░░░░░░░ of military deployments 2 ░░░░░░░░ Americans killed 1 144 ░░░░░░░░ allies killed More than ░░░░░░░░ 000 Afghans killed 300 ░░░░░░░░ Afghan soldiers trained only ░░░░░░░░ collapse when confronted About ░░░░░░░░ trillion dollars spent and ░░░░░░░░ to come to care ░░░░░░░░ the wounded Afghanistan handed ░░░░░░░░ to the very same ░░░░░░░░ fundamentalists the United States ░░░░░░░░ from power just weeks ░░░░░░░░ 9 11 A generation ░░░░░░░░ Afghans raised with expectations ░░░░░░░░ freedom and fundamental rights ░░░░░░░░ an umbrella of American ░░░░░░░░ ISIS taking parting shots ░░░░░░░░ to etch their dark ░░░░░░░░ in history firing rockets ░░░░░░░░ the airport to no ░░░░░░░░ The U S firing ░░░░░░░░ the military says against ░░░░░░░░ ISIS car bomb Afghans ░░░░░░░░ 10 civilians were killed ░░░░░░░░ war once called Operation ░░░░░░░░ Freedom proving to be ░░░░░░░░ to be enduring nor ░░░░░░░░ a legacy of freedom.”