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McMaster Rips Abhorrent Trump Plan on Afghanistan
November 22, 2020 at 2:42 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 110 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2020/11/22/mcmaster-rips-abhorrent-trump-plan-on-afghanistan/
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H.R. McMaster, a retired lieutenant general and President Trumps former national security adviser, told CBS News the Trump administration is handing the Taliban a victory by withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, calling the plan abhorrent.
Said McMaster: If the Taliban establishes control of large parts of Afghanistan, gives safe haven and support base to terrorist organizations who want to commit mass murder against us on the scale of 9/11, we will be far less safe and vulnerable to these groups. And I think what happened is the prioritization of withdrawal over our interests led to us actually empowering the Taliban.
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dchill
(38,492 posts)Ode to Vlad.
applegrove
(118,658 posts)away from getting a deal that might of helped Afghanis.
llashram
(6,265 posts)a seditious traitor beginning day 1 of his 4-year nightmare. He will set up a scenario as described here, and he does not care who or whether Americans die. And the GOP, McConnell still has his lips glued to trumps ass. I just feel in my bones that Joe and Kamala has got this. No matter what the whiny little child does