“I was not going to extend this forever war. And I was not going to extend a forever exit. To those asking for a third decade of war in Afghanistan, I ask, 'What is the vital national interest?' I simply do not believe that the safety and security of America is enhanced by continuing to deploy thousands of American troops and spending billions of dollars in Afghanistan. When I hear that we could've, should've continued the so-called low-grade effort in Afghanistan at low risk to our service members, at low cost, I don't think enough people understand how much we've asked of the 1% of this country to put that uniform on.”
31 Aug 2021
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