Elliot Ackerman

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The Megyn Kelly Show · "Second Strike" Narrative Falls Apart, Kash Patel Responds, and How To Be a Man, with Rich Lowry, Charles Cooke, Elliot Ackerman, and Bryan Cox | Ep. 1204 · 2 Dec 2025 podcast

So does that mean we should open the floodgates to every single person in Afghanistan who wants to come here?

No, I wouldn't argue that.

But I think when you look at a number of these members of the zero units, you know, and some of whom are already U.S.

citizens and.

in this country, contributing to this country, you know, let's not make the mistake of being completely categorical in our thinking because that's not what we've done historically as a nation.

I mean, listen, my people came here more than 100 years ago from Ukraine and we were basically shuttle Jews and we came off the boat and I have the photos of my family like we did not look very American by 1900 standards.

So I just think

You know, there is a real conversation going on in this country about immigration.

I think it's a worthy conversation.

You know, administration is administration.

It does not seem like this is an issue that we've gotten right.

But I'll tell you right now, there are a bunch of Afghans who fought long and hard against our enemies that I know personally, you know, who are –

afraid right now to be in America.

And, you know, I just think as a people, we are typically a generous and a welcoming people.

We are also, you know, a reasonable people.

So I don't, again, I'm not making an argument for some categorical reception of everyone who wants to leave Afghanistan.

For a lot of these people, folks who fought in the zero units, folks who fought in other units, who bled for American principles, I'd encourage all of us just

take a beat before we make big sweeping statements about entire groups.

You know, I don't really consider myself, I'm not really a creature necessarily of the right or the left.

I kind of roam around in my opinions, but I'm going to use some of the language that I consider is kind of the language of the left.

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