MAYBE IT'S BEST WE DON'T KNOW?

JENNIFER GRIFFIN, THANK YOU SO

MUCH.

>> Rick: LET'S BRING IN

FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR JOEY JONES,

YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THE IMPACT OF

A VISIT LIKE THIS ON TROOPS IN A

FOREIGN LAND.

>> WHEN I WAS IN IRAQ IN 2007,

WE HAD CHUCK NORRIS COME COVER

THAT WAS THE BIGGEST NAME I GOT

TO EXPERIENCE BUT IT MEANS A LOT

TO THOSE FIGHTING TODAY IN 2019

BECAUSE WITH THE TECHNOLOGY WE

HAVE EVEN IF YOU'RE OUT IN THIS

COMBAT ZONE YOU'RE PROBABLY

HEARING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE

TWEETS AND WHAT'S IN THE NEWS

AND HAVING THESE THINGS GOING ON

WITH EDDIE GALLAGHER IN THE

NAVY, THE DEBACLE WITH THE

TALIBAN, TO KNOW THE PRESIDENT

STILL THINKS ABOUT YOU AND COMES

TO SEE YOU ON THANKSGIVING IS A

BIG DEAL, I REMEMBER WHEN THE

PRESIDENT DID GO TO A ROCK ON

CHRISTMAS, ON CHRISTMAS DAY THE

NEWS MEDIA WAS SAYING HE HASN'T

EVEN BEEN AT VISITED THE TROOPS

AND THEN YOU GET THE SPEED OF

HIM BEING THERE AT THE SAME

TIME.

I DON'T THINK HE GETS ONE VOTE

OUT OF IT, I DON'T THINK THAT'S

THE PURPOSE AND I DON'T THINK IT

WOULD'VE MATTERED.

I THINK IT MEANS A LOT TO THE

MEN AND WOMEN SERVING.

AMERICA LIVES AND CELEBRATES

TODAY PRETTY MUCH PEACEFULLY, WE

KNOW THEY'RE THERE, WE CARE

ABOUT THEM AND APPRECIATE THEIR

SACRIFICE BECAUSE IT MAKES A

DIFFERENCE IN OUR LIVES.

>> Rick: THE PRESIDENT DID

SPEAK TO THESE ONGOING TALIBAN

AND TALKS, WE WILL SEE IF THEY

WANT TO MAKE A BIG DEAL.

IS IT EVEN POSSIBLE OR SMART TO

TRY TO MAKE A DEAL?

>> YOU KNOW, I CAN GIVE YOU A

LOT OF OPINIONS, I CAN OPINE ON

IT BUT ONLY A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE

KNOW AND SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE

ARE IN THE TALIBAN.

THEY HAVE OUTLASTED THE

RUSSIANS, THEY'VE OUTLASTED US.

THE DIFFERENT WARLORDS IN THAT

AREA, THE COUNTRY ITSELF IS NOT

GEOGRAPHICALLY SUITED, THEY DO

NOT HAVE A NATIONAL IDENTITY,

WHAT CAUSES THEM TO BE AT ODDS

WITH ONE ANOTHER AND THE REST OF

THE WORLD, STRATEGIC POSITIONING

BETWEEN US AND RUSH OTHER

NATURAL RESOURCES.

WHAT MAKES AFGHANISTAN FUNCTION

IT'S A QUESTION THAT HAS YET TO

BE ANSWERED.

THE CONTROL WE BELIEVE IT HAS,

MAY HAVE TO SIT DOWN AT A TABLE

WITH THEM AND IF THEIR PURPOSE

IS TO HAVE AN ISLAMIC STATE THAT

HOSTS BAD ACTORS I DON'T SEE HOW

WE CAN EVER HAVE ANY TYPE OF

MEANINGFUL TALKS WITH THEM.

>> Rick: THE HEADLINE HERE,

JOEY JONES, IS THAT THE THAT THE

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

MADE A SURPRISED AND UNANNOUNCED

VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN TO MEET

WITH U.S. TROOPS ON THE GROUND

ON THIS THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY, HE

SERVED SOME MEALS AND MADE SOME

REMARKS THERE AND WE BELIEVE HE

IS NOW BACK ON AIR FORCE ONE ON

HIS WAY BACK TO THE

UNITED STATES FOR HIS OWN

HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

THIS IS A 13 HOUR FLIGHT FOR THE

PRESIDENT FROM FLORIDA TO

AFGHANISTAN.

AND A WELL-KEPT SECRET WHICH IS

NOT ALWAYS EASY TO DO WHEN YOU

HAVE MEDIA INVOLVED AND OTHERS

INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS.

>> I THINK IT'S ABSOLUTELY

WONDERFUL, I REALLY DO.

I THINK THIS IS THE PRESIDENT AT

ITS BEST, SHOWING UP SURPRISE,

UNANNOUNCED ON THANKSGIVING AT

AN AIR BASE, THAT'S A PRESIDENT

DOING WITH THE PRESIDENT SHOULD

DO, SHOWING THOSE MEN AND WOMEN

WHO MAY DIE TOMORROW, AND THAT

IS A LEGITIMATE CONCERN, THAT WE

BELIEVE IN THEM AND WE SUPPORT

THEM AND WE WON'T LEAVE THEM

ALONE AND AFRAID AND THAT'S

SOMETHING I WILL NOT SAY

PRESIDENT OBAMA EVER MADE US

FEEL THAT WAY BUT WE DID NOT

FEEL THE LOVE I WOULD SAY THE

WAY WE HAVE WITH THIS PRESIDENT

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

I REMEMBER BEING THERE IN 2010

AND FINDING OUT MONTHS AFTER I

GOT THERE THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA

WAS TELLING THE WORLD WE WERE

GOING TO PULL OUT OR LEAVE AND I

REMEMBER HOW THAT FELT THAT I

WOULD SAY TODAY FEELS THE

OPPOSITE FOR THOSE MEN AND WOMEN

AND I APPRECIATE THAT AND THINK

THE PRESIDENT FOR IT.