President Joe Biden said he will withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, on the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that prompted America’s longest war, officials said. ABC News
Military.com: Afghanistan Withdrawal Won't Be Like 'Fall of Saigon,' Deputy SecDef Says
The Pentagon does not expect the U.S. military's withdrawal from Afghanistan to result in a chaotic "fall of Saigon"-type evacuation from Kabul, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks said Friday.
While answering questions during a virtual forum on the Biden administration's first 100 days hosted by The Aspen Institute, Hicks stressed that the military is focusing on a "safe, orderly, disciplined withdrawal process" over the next few months. But, she said, the forces that are there until then will have the ability to defend themselves.
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WNU Editor: The U.S. withdrawal will not be like the "Fall of Saigon" where everything ended with a bang. It will be like the Soviet withdrawal of Afghanistan in the late 1980s. It will be a whimper (see video below).
ReplyDeleteThey might have entered Afghanistan full of propoganda but those who fought likely felt nothing but joy they were out of the afghan cesspool.
I asked a group of army vets who spent a year in a remote outpost if there was anything they liked about Afghanistan. They replied in unison, “NO!” They called it Trashcanistan and Asscrackistan.
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