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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (481042)10/8/2021 3:16:19 PM
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And for the 10th time, the generals, Secretary of Defense and State, intel, afghan diplomates and advisers all recommended keeping a residual force in Afghanistan.

What part of that don't you understand?

<,Message #481042 from Wharf Rat at 10/8/2021 1:03:35 PM

"And you know this how?"

For the 3rd time,

At another point in his testimony, Milley said that had the U.S. stayed, "on the 1st of September, we were going to go to war again with the Taliban, of that there was no doubt."

He said staying past the 31st was militarily feasibly, but would have required approximately 25,000 more U.S. troops and would have resulted in "significant casualties."
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