15 Aug 2021
“I wouldn't have let my 10-year-old son get away from this kind of pathetic blame-shifting. He should be less focused on trying to blame this on someone else than to solving the problem of making sure that we protect and defend American security. It's worth noting this did not happen on our watch. The Taliban takeover of Kabul will likely be inevitable because the Biden administration refused to adopt a deterrence model - unlike what the Trump administration had done. They have to understand that there's an administration with a backbone and a seriousness to execute on the things that matter and protect and defend America. Were I still the secretary of State, with the commander in chief like President Trump, the Taliban would have understood that there were real costs to pay if there were plots against the United States of America. Qassem Soleimani learned that lesson and the Taliban would have learned it as well.”
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Type of Source: News
Type of Source: News
