Former NATO commander warned White House Afghanistan pullout ‘would go very bad very fast’ before botched operation that left 13 US forces dead
5/20/24
from New York Post,
5/20/24:
Retired Army Gen. Austin Scott Miller told members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee in an April 15 transcribed interview that “going to zero” troop presence would have left the Western-backed government in Kabul vulnerable to a Taliban offensive like the one which overran the country in August 2021. “My recommendation was that we retain a footprint,” Miller said. “I could not rule out a need for a surge down the road to protect forces. But at the same time, I didn’t necessarily think it was the most likely.”
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