Monday, June 14, 2021

Head Of CENTCOM Says US Will Not Support Afghan Forces With Airstrikes After Troop Withdrawal

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., U.S. Central Command commander, right, meets with U.S. Army Gen. Austin Scott Miller, Resolute Support Mission commander, left, during his visit to Kabul, Afghanistan, April, 5 2019. (U.S. Central Command/Sgt. Franklin Moore) 

VOA: VOA Exclusive: CENTCOM Head Says US Will Not Support Afghan Forces with Airstrikes After Troop Withdrawal 

ABOARD A MILITARY AIRCRAFT - The United States is not planning to support Afghan forces with air strikes after the U.S. troops withdrawal is complete, and counter-terrorism strikes in Afghanistan will be limited to instances when attack plans have been discovered to strike the U.S. homeland or the homelands of our allies, according to the top U.S. commander in the Middle East. 

“That would be the reason for any strikes that we do in Afghanistan after we leave, (it) would have to be that we’ve uncovered someone who wants to attack the homeland of the United States, one of our allies and partners,” Gen. Frank McKenzie, the commander of U.S. Central Command, told VOA in an exclusive interview as he traveled toward the region aboard a U.S. military plane.  

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Update #1: Top general: US won't support Afghan forces with airstrikes after withdrawal (The Hill) Update #2: CENTCOM Chief Says US Won't Use Airstrikes to Support Afghan Forces After Withdrawal: Report (Military.com) 

WNU Editor: Talk about being abandoned.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I hope that Afghanistan is the last war of choice the USA starts. That country deserved US attacks after 9/11. Invasion wasn’t smart then and we see it now. The smart move now is incite unrest in Afghanistan against China.

Anonymous said...

Vietnam redux.

Anonymous said...

"I hope that Afghanistan is the last war of choice the USA starts."

Afghanistan was a war of choice?

You going all wobbly on us like Bill Clinton with ED? What was your preferred solution? Throw a few cruise missiles and wag a finger like Bill?

Adam said...

This seems like a terrible move. I will never understand this administration.

Anonymous said...

This is what we get after 20 years of training these f-tards?