{"id":1625246,"date":"2022-08-29T08:04:37","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T12:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1625246"},"modified":"2022-08-29T08:05:14","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T12:05:14","slug":"retired-general-kenneth-f-mckenzie-jr-merely-a-matter-of-time-troops-will-be-sent-back-to-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/retired-general-kenneth-f-mckenzie-jr-merely-a-matter-of-time-troops-will-be-sent-back-to-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Retired General  Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr.: &#8220;Merely a Matter of Time&#8221; Troops Will Be Sent Back to Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fretired-general-kenneth-f-mckenzie-jr-merely-a-matter-of-time-troops-will-be-sent-back-to-afghanistan%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1625246&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<aside id=\"aside1\" class=\"left\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t seem like a question of \u201cif,\u201d but \u201cwhen\u201d we redeploy troops to Afghanistan again amid rising terrorism concerns. This security situation wasn\u2019t an item that caught us off-guard. It didn\u2019t sneak up on us\u2014it\u2019s just another consequence of Joe Biden\u2019s destructive policies. For all his time in DC, it\u2019s still amazing that he remains one of the worst foreign policy minds in American politics. The Delaware liberal has been wrong on every significant American foreign policy effort for the past 40 years, and this Afghanistan pickle is no different.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Fox News Sunday, retired Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. admitted that going back to Afghanistan, the graveyard of empires, was only a matter of time, given the increased activities of radical Islamic terrorists. McKenzie was the last commander of US-NATO forces in Afghanistan before our shambolic withdrawal. The Council of Foreign Relations <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfr.org\/report\/countering-resurgent-terrorist-threat-afghanistan\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">had a detailed memorandum<\/a> about the rising terror threat and how, unsurprisingly, the Taliban being allies of groups like al-Qaeda, have given their terror pals a lifeline to conduct their global campaign of jihad. The nation\u2019s third-world dynamics and failing state status also serve as a magnet for terror groups.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JenGriffinFNC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JenGriffinFNC<\/a>: \u201cDo you think troops will have to be sent back to Afghanistan?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Retired Gen. McKenzie: \u201cThat\u2019s a difficult question\u2026the threat is growing in Afghanistan, and it&#8217;s merely a matter of time.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNewsSunday?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FoxNewsSunday<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lucas Tomlinson (@LucasFoxNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LucasFoxNews\/status\/1563889613009293315?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It\u2019s not like this is groundbreaking news. I think anyone with half a brain knew that the Taliban taking over would be a setback for our global anti-terror operations. Also, did anyone think they would respect women\u2019s rights once they took over? No.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Be prepared for a heavily factionalized debate on this subject, as there are no unified sides here. The Republican Party, war-weary like the rest of the country, is trying to stomp out the remaining neoconservative contingents that want endless war. The Democratic Party is not so hot on returning and looking no better than the previous administrations dealing with this war. No side wants to be pegged to the images of desperate Afghans clinging to airplanes as we saw in August 2021.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s ironic is that Joe Biden leaving Afghanistan would have garnered bipartisan support. The Trump wing of the GOP is done with the nation-building ventures set forth by the Bush years. Leaving everything within a timeframe of only a few weeks was not responsible, however. It\u2019s a punch to the gut that we were in Afghanistan for 20 years; we have nothing to show for it. It once again exposes the limits of American power.<\/p>\n<p>But a two-decade war may require years to complete a responsible drawdown to ensure things, like billions in American military equipment, don\u2019t fall into enemy hands. Even after we\u2019re gone, we probably should have <em>a small contingent<\/em> of forces to conduct anti-terror operations, raids, intelligence gathering, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/techstream\/us-faces-immense-obstacles-to-continued-drone-war-in-afghanistan\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">occupy bases for drone strikes<\/a>. \u00a0This strategy is the anti-terror alternative Biden pushed for in 2009 when Obama was considering a troop surge. Obama opted to deploy another 30,000 troops instead.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It doesn\u2019t seem like a question of \u201cif,\u201d but \u201cwhen\u201d we redeploy troops to Afghanistan again amid rising terrorism concerns. 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