10/30/2023
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"There was never going to be a moment when the United States military was going to be able to create a fully functioning, independent and competent Afghan military and government. If we couldn`t do it ..."
"If we want it to be a bit harder to stay in a war and a little bit easier to get out of wars, then I also think the media has to even out the balance of their coverage."
"It left Joe Biden with really only two options. One, get everybody out or a massive surge back into Afghanistan, which, frankly, the facts of the case just would not merit."
"The Republican Party has been very clear that their desire is to stay in Afghanistan forever. They may not actually say it that way but what we know definitively now is that there was never going to b..."