MESOP NEWS : UK FOREIGN OFFICE CHIEF STEWART CONTRA BIDEN
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(1) There was no significant insurgent threat to US forces in Afghanistan- no international casualties. It suits Biden to pretend the US was forced out and had no option. But in truth nothing forced them to leave. They chose to break this for no reason.
The US was being asked to keep 2500 soldiers in Afghanistan. They have 25,000 in South Korea today and they have been there for 70 years. And nobody is pushing to remove them.
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- Aug 19
#ICYMI: Commentators have been quick to apportion blame as the tragic scenes from Kabul airport have filtered through the newswire. Listen to @Gjbm555, @DavidKilcullen and @RoryStewartUK cut through the noise: https://bit.ly/3y6mymY #Afghanistan #Webinar #Security
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