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FOX News national-security expert KT McFarland on the current situation in the Middle East and the uptick in military suicides.
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What's going into Iraq.
I believe the argument that if there were weapons of mass destruction -- reason to go hand.
I did not believe the argument that we -- should go and get rid of Saddam Hussein has somehow magically.
The post Saddam Hussein's Iraq it's gonna be strong US ally and it was gonna stand up against around I never believed to have.
But once we -- and we found that there were no weapons of mass destruction.
We -- -- -- is that -- we came out looking for weapons of mass destruction they've either been destroyed or they were never here in the first place that's victory let's go.
What didn't.
President -- though on Dick Cheney and his other people particularly Cheney.
There's going to be -- -- on Hannity tonight.
Our next torture and -- candidates going to be interviewing.
Every city non Vice President -- -- -- -- kind of regiment and Eric.
They said there were.
Original master new business -- -- -- Weapons of mass destruction -- are not -- we're gonna go look for them that they weren't there and that's why we were going to have let us talk Tillotson of don't count.
Lieutenant colonel -- minority and -- yeah yes and he says.
Neither been ordered by the way an army backed them.
-- -- and of course give you a dollar nor I would have any idea.
Although they just employing common sense.
And does not I -- no reasonable portion doctor were any weapons of mass destruction are never got sucked into -- taught as long as serious.
You're one of the people -- bought and -- Just spectacular.
I guess -- -- intelligence agencies all over the world called commented my respect.
They also there are weapons of mass destruction.
I didn't have any inside information to know that they did and so you go -- you do -- but they weren't there and that's appointed.
We have this mission creep and -- go to Afghanistan for we wedding and to -- al-Qaeda.
Well guess what by December 2000 what we got 'cause they were -- of a hundred -- -- they were announced rickety old bus.
But some of them -- -- -- -- sort of split and they went over the Tora Bora mountains in the Pakistan what did we do we should've followed them and -- -- We event that we didn't we sent out you know -- in Pakistan now we'll get the Pakistan means a lot of money to get them.
And helped will put them into the finding them up ebitda as well we'll -- this nation -- Afghanistan.
So here we are fast forward ten years.
A credit bigger than ever.
Although al-Qaeda and Pakistan.
May be depleted and Osama bin Laden is gone.
But al-Qaeda has now morphed all over the world there's al-Qaeda and -- and Italy announced it's -- I think that you know you should have a mission.
You should carried out and you should get out.
Talking to consumers following -- -- missile moratorium American -- nineteen years old.
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Error the freshman in college you know all of this is not a from not a very -- due -- -- -- Of these kinds -- -- Say that and then you -- the most penetrating questions.
And all that -- -- -- on the -- dumb question.
What would happen if we're just back everybody -- to leave Afghanistan in a morning.
-- personally can't get out that's -- It's now one number.
Two is good -- -- time to get out.
It will I think we will have to sadly shoot our way out because.
There's this.
Blue line you know green on blue violence senator -- I was with -- -- from who just returned to Helmand Province to Mexico he says -- -- I work.
Side by side with Afghan military but I wouldn't turn my back -- I wouldn't turn -- lights.
And I hope that I surprised so I think that that not only -- the Taliban going after caliber people.
You know beyond the people that we are training and are supposedly -- -- But I think that if we decided we're not gonna stay for a long time and I've been on time like decades.
The nation build that country and I think we've all decided it's not worth -- we don't wanna do it.
Then why -- we -- -- former -- let's fourteen formats you can it's gonna change.
-- our military.
Have done so globally they've done everything we've asked of them and more they have given BS stands a chance to determine their own destiny.
And what it has happened is that our political leaders of both parties have failed.
I think both of both parties have a lot to answer for -- Afghanistan as well as Iraq and Afghanistan.
They failed to get.
Competent government.
In Afghanistan -- Karzai's corrupt and incompetent and they failed just to get the pakistanis are supposed to balance to help us.
And clean up the safe havens that the Taliban that Cummins.
Still people of Afghanistan may still across the border into Pakistan where nobody touch them regroup and come back -- -- again I just think that.
The whole thing it can we had a mission we -- -- that we should've last.
There's sort of -- -- now aren't -- national moratorium order of early this morning slow one door to McDonald's for awhile.
Because we're trying to escape rancher and and then I had time to read a little bit -- popped up drugs and there was an article there.
About military suicides.
38 either.
-- -- -- and active soldiers killed themselves last month 3844.
In in June -- -- and and that's only the tip of the iceberg we have -- more.
Military personnel to suicides this year that we have to confidence.
And you know I was part of that break it has -- essentially came into the Tamika.
And saw what it happened to the American military and -- we abandoned them after their.
We have military men and women who were not receiving adequate medical care they need that they didn't get the benefits -- -- that gets to support.
They were homeless.
They were -- -- it was based in every nobody every -- same kind of no American official has ever gone to a particular the end their children to interfere that's until Caspar Weinberger secretary of defense fund itself.
And I think we are right they're repeating the same problems today they are that's come home and if they have injuries they fall between the cracks between the military.
Department and Veterans Affairs Department.
Quarter up nearly a quarter of them have posttraumatic stress disorders.
-- mental impairments which includes you can't see since -- so they get very little sympathy there are different families are affected and that we are not supporting him.
And I think that it's so tragic -- our military leaders warned.
1086 years ago that could look at military reported breaking you cannot continue to use their current reserves.
As rotational combat forces we cannot continue to put.
Multiple deployments -- -- send somebody out into the battlefield for nine months spring and offer give let's send them back.
It's gonna take its total and it is now taking -- still.
Don't World War -- At first time somebody -- the -- for a -- And now it's it's twelve it's nice it's it's they go back again and again and it just and we are paying the price -- -- -- sustained on the soul of America.
Plus I don't want to -- in Florida novel on the women shouldn't -- Randall judge colonel Tom told me.
-- systems and currencies like I don't -- -- Very good guy he just -- to -- that -- a special ops guy you know at least talking about it he has a lot of contact with current.
And former military person.
Writer -- and Iraq was dollar -- forward and and is now.
Even under Saddam Hussein.
Well here's the problem with that is -- -- always going to be the big problem in the Middle East we do open for twenty years that it was around we knew it was around -- nuclear weapons.
And around wanting to expand throughout the region Henry Kissinger is to say in the 1980s.
About the Iran Iraq -- when they were fighting each -- he should play itself or you hope nobody ever wins.
You know the gulf -- conference where they can keep each other busiest -- continue to correct their their neighbors and unfortunately we have now.
This -- Afghanistan and Iran.
And Iraq.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- militias and indeed just that you're that -- intention -- they didn't.
But I was -- -- like regular amounts -- well on the -- very -- say about -- I would say nine primetime press Ameritech the president daily preceded -- to do that a whole lot more bank bail.
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