PULLING OUT THE WRONG WAY

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 31, 2021

TODAY IS THE DEADLINE FOR WITHDRAWAL OF AMERICANS FROM AFGHANISTAN. KASH PATEL WAS

CHIEF OF STAFF AT THE PENTAGON DURING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND IN CHARGE OF THE PLAN TO

WIND DOWN AMERICA’S PRESENCE. IN A PIECE FOR THE NEW YORK POST PATEL WRITES, “TRUMP

INSTRUCTED ME TO ARRANGE A CONDITIONS-BASED METHODICAL EXIT PLAN THAT WOULD PRESERVE THE

NATIONAL INTEREST…THE AFGHAN GOVERNMENT AND THE TALIBAN WERE BOTH TOLD THEY WOULD FACE

THE FULL FORCE OF THE U.S. MILITARY IF THEY CAUSED ANY HARM TO AMERICANS OR AMERICAN

INTERESTS IN AFGHANISTAN.

NEXT, BOTH PARTIES WOULD NEGOTIATE AN INTERIM-JOINT GOVERNMENT AND BOTH SIDES HAD TO

REPUDIATE AL QUAEDA. LASTLY, A SMALL SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCE WOULD BE STATIONED IN THE

COUNTRY TO TAKE DIRECT ACTION AGAINST ANY TERRORIST THREATS THAT AROSE. WHEN ALL THESE

CONDITIONS WERE MET – ALONG WITH OTHER CASCADING CONDITIONS  — THEN A WITHDRAWAL COULD,

AND DID, BEGIN.”

DURING THIS PERIOD THERE WERE NO AMERICAN CASUALTIES, BUT PRESIDENT BIDEN’S UNILATERAL

PULLOUT WITH NO CONDITIONS OR GUARANTEES IS WHAT KILLED THE 13 SERVICE MEMBERS AND WILL

MAKE AFGHANISTAN ANOTHER HAVEN FOR TERRORISTS TO PLOT NEW ATTACKS ON AMERICA. I’M CAL

THOMAS

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