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
