Mr. President, I agree with those remarks and so does the 31st Commandant of the Marine Corps, my friend and unofficial adviser, General Chuck Krulak. As he said in a recent email to me, no one has ever conquered Afghanistan, and many have tried.
Jones agrees with Trump's views on Afghanistan and references General Krulak's insights on its history.
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