BBCNEWS The Media Show August 15, 2021 14:39:00
We have shown 20 years of perseverance going after extremist threats. we decimated al-qaeda in the tribal areas of pakistan and in the parts of afghanistan where they had previously holed up. we showed a willingness through thick and thin to keep at this even when the mission had been unpopular, meaning that if we are struck again from afghanistan, i have no doubt that the united states and many nato partners will go back to do what is necessary to target the source of that violence. it doesn't mean we can build a state that will make it permanently stable and safe in afghanistan, but if there...