Lindsey Graham Predicts the US Military 'Will be Going Back Into Afghanistan'
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) on Monday preducted the United States “will be going back into Afghanistan” due to the threat of terror,
After praising former President Donald Trump for maintaining the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan, Graham said in an interview on Monday with the BBC that the Taliban will “impose a lifestyle on the Afghan people that I think is going to make us all sick to our stomach.”
“But most importantly,” he said, “they’re going to give safe haven to Al-Qaeda who has ambitions to drive us out of the Mideast writ large and attack us because of our way of life. We will be going back into Afghanistan as we went back into Iraq and Syria.”
Following this statement, BBC host Stephen Sackur asked, “You seriously think the United States will once again, in the foreseeable future, put troops back into Afghanistan?”
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/lindsey-graham-predicts-us-military-184909536.html
Lindsey sweetie your man crush Donald Trump released 5000 Taliban prisoners or have you forgotten that already.
In the meantime we're going to see a lot of armchair warriors advocating we go back just as many did in the eighties over Vietnam. Remember the movie Rambo starring draft dodger Sylvester Stallone?
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Nov 17 2020
Graham on Afghanistan Drawdown
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) made this statement on troop drawdown in Afghanistan.
“Generally speaking I think President Trump has done a very good job handling the conflict in Afghanistan and opening new opportunities between the United States and Pakistan. It is my hope that one day all American forces will be able to return home.
“A drawdown to 2,500 counter-terrorism forces may be sufficient but should be conditions-based, to protect America’s interests. I look forward to hearing our commander’s views on this matter.
“It is imperative, for our own national security, that a counter-terrorism force remains in Afghanistan until conditions warrant their removal. A counter-terrorism force in Afghanistan is an insurance policy against another 9/11.
“I am hopeful but very suspicious of any efforts by the Taliban to reject al-Qaeda in any meaningful way. It is not in America’s interests for Afghanistan to sink back into civil war as that is a ripe opportunity for ISIS and al-Qaeda to reemerge in force.”
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We might as well make it the 51st state bc we are never going to be able to leave…..ever.
