I think we do need to make it a condition of helping this government. I think there should be standards that we insist on, that, if we're going to help prop you up, we expect -- we have certain expectations of that, and we're not going to sit still for something which is so clearly in violation of international norms and -- and laws.
Gergen argues that the U.S. should set standards for the Afghan government regarding women's rights in exchange for support.
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I think that really kneecaps the Biden ministration in a significant way.
No, their problem is Anderson, he's got more support back in their districts in their states than they do and that gives him enormous -- it gives him enormous leverage against them.
the way that Donald Trump is responding to the pandemic is, I think is, they are giving him a lot of rope on the Democratic side and he is increasingly hanging himself.
Never before has the opposition undermined the legitimacy of a new President before he has even taken office to anything like this degree or in this fashion.
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