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Author: Lambo 🐝  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Inheriting a far more dangerous world
Date: 09/24/2024 5:54 PM
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BHMBagram's importance was not in defending Kabul or the Embassy. Bagram was a strategic asset that should have been retained due to its proximity to China coupled with runways that could accommodate B-52s.


Staying at Bagram to continue counterterrorism operations there would also not have been advisable, Austin said.

"[That] meant staying at war in Afghanistan, something that the president made clear that he would not do," Austin said.

ME: We're in the age of drones now Mike. Listen to the military.
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