Afghanistan
In a hypothetical situation, where I was in charge of withdrawing from Afghanistan, I would continue to give the Afghan army air support. I would maintain the Afghan air force, in facilities guarded by our people, so they could continue to support the Afghan army. I would support the Afghan military so they could maintain security. I would maintain enough force in the area to destroy any threat to Afghan territorial control. COUGHTALIBANCOUGH. I would withdraw our civilians and friends first, then pull our equipment out. Our military would come out last. I certainly would never pull our military out first. I wouldn’t cut the Afghan army off at the knees by taking away their air support. I wouldn’t go on vacation when the Taliban surprised absolutely NOBODY and went on the offense. And I would stay there until everybody who wanted out go out before I pulled our military out.
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