* Secretary of State Anthony Blinken defended Joe Biden's decision to withdraw all U.S. forces from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021
* 'What everyone recognizes is there's no military resolution to the conflict,' Blinken said Sunday morning
* Backing comes as Pentagon officials and the intelligence community expressed concerns over the withdraw coming too soon and potential Taliban retaliation
* National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, who has been hesitant to back the move, also defended his boss' decision on Sunday 'President Biden has no intention of sending forces back to Afghanistan but at the same time, he has no intention of taking our eye off the ball,' he told CNN
* Added a warning: 'I can't make any guarantees about what will happen inside the country. No one can'
Secretary of State Anthony Blinken defended President Joe Biden's decision to completely withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan despite pushback from the Pentagon and intelligence community.
'What everyone recognizes is there's no military resolution to the conflict,' Blinken told ABC News' 'This Week' on Sunday morning.
'So if they start something up again, they're going to be in a long war that's not in their interest,' he continued in reference to concerns the Taliban is planning to immediately topple the Afghan government after the U.S. exists.
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WNU Editor: The White House is already laying the groundwork to protect their decision in case everything goes "south" in Afghanistan .... White House: No Guarantees About Afghanistan's Future Post-Pullout (Reuters).
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'What everyone recognizes is there's no military resolution to the conflict,'
- Blinkmanship
He has it ass backwards. There was and is a military solution. There is no political solution. Obama had a military solution in 2009. He 1/2 assed the military recommendation and the Pakistanis raised him. Obama should have raised the ante by doubling or quadrupling down. The Taliban and their Pakistani paymasters will have a military solution in the next 3 years. There will be no political solution with the Taliban worth the paper it is written on.
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