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Having said that, in your view would a small force of 2500 be sufficient to achieve anything of value? >> i think that the 2500 would have been at great risk in terms of -- i have no doubt the taliban would have reinitiated combat operations or attacks on u.s. forces and 2500 would have been at increased risk. what's the value of keeping them? as much to do with the morale and keeping advisors with them and having the morale of the afghan security forces demonstrating confidence in the government. going to zero, it is clear to me one of the big lessons we have to unpack is the mirror imaging i...
Chief chairman mark milley said. >> the mirror imaging of the building of the afghan national army based on american doctrine, tactics, techniques and procedures. that may have been overly dependent upon us, our presence, contractors and higher-tech systems in order to fight a counterinsurgency war. that's one area that needs to be -- how did we miss an army that quick and that fast in 11 days. things like legitimacy of the government, corruption, parasitic nature of the police forces. >> he really went there, general. what do you think the lessons are? >> first of all, good morning, kate. the...
0 of its troops, contractors and non-diplomatic personnel from afghanistan no later than may 1st, 2021. in june 2020 the u.s. troop levels reached 8600. in october president -- former president trump tweeted we should have a small number of remaining brave men and women serving in afghanistan home by christmas. in november 17, 2020 then acting secretary of defense miller announced we'll implement former president trump east order to continuing repositioning forces from afghanistan. and the 2500 u.s. troops who remain there by january 15th. on january 15th he announced there were 2500 troops le...
>> as i said, senator manchin in my opening comment >> i was conducting a meeting and not able to be here. i'm sorry. >> there have been 4 presidents, 20 commanders on the ground. 7 or 8 chairmen of the joint chiefs, dozens of secretaries of defense, etc. and outcomes like this are not determined in the last five days or the last 20 days or the last year. outcomes in a war like this, an outcome that is a strategic failure, the enemy is in charge in kabul, there is no way else to describe that. that outcome is a cumulative effect of 20 years, not 20 days. there are a huge amount of strategic, o...