Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell
Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnell Sunday shows preview: bombing in Kabul produces an evacuation effort coup; US orders strikes on ISIS-K Some rulers squander COVID and misunderstand federalism The Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by Facebook – Chaos in Afghanistan is a deadly crisis as US troops lose MORE (R-Ky.) It crashed on Sunday President Biden
Joe BidenUS tells Americans to leave Kabul airport “immediately” and “credible” threat “Britain and France will propose a safe zone in Kabul for people trying to flee AfghanistanThe decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan, considering the measure “one of the worst foreign policy decisions in U.S. history.”
“We are looking at the way out and, for the next two days, our military heroes are doing their best with a horrible political decision. This is one of the worst foreign policy decisions in American history, much worse than Saigon.” , McConnell told the host Chris Wallace
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McConnell said the current situation is worse than the U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam because of the terrorist threat that will remain on the ground once U.S. forces leave Afghanistan.
“After leaving Saigon, there were no Vietnamese terrorists who thought of attacking us here at home. … We leave behind exactly what we decided to resolve 20 years ago, and I am afraid of the future and continuing the war on terrorism, ”McConnell said.
“You know, the fact that we decided to stop fighting does not mean that the terrorists will leave. So they are still there. They are energized. They are excited and excited about the success they see in putting the United States on its knees in Afghanistan, ”he added.
McConnell, on the other hand, argued that the U.S. position to maintain a small troop presence in Afghanistan was working, citing the fact that there were no mass casualty attacks in the country before Biden announced it would withdraw troops this year. year.
“We went there to protect ourselves here at home. In these 20 years we have not had any mass casualty attacks. I would say that this is a policy of success, “he said.
“We went there to prevent the Taliban from having a regime that would allow terrorists to reconstitute themselves and hit us back here at home. It has been a total success “, he added.
The minority leader’s latest comments come as the United States enters the final stages of the withdrawal and evacuation processes before the August 31 deadline set by Biden.