Mike Pompeo: In Afghanistan, Biden's team looks panicked. US needs to pivot to two things to make this work
A strategy this substantial depends on planning and execution
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/afghanis...vot-mike-pompeo
By Michael R. Pompeo | Fox News


Pompeo: We need to protect America against Taliban

Let’s keep it simple. My mission with respect to terror in Afghanistan as secretary of state in the Trump administration had just two objectives.

First, reduce the threat from radical Islamic terror in that country and make sure that we do all we can to prevent a repeat of the events, now almost exactly 20 years ago, that killed 3,000 people in the United States. Second, get our brave young soldiers, airmen and Marines home and focus on terror all around the world and the great power struggle emanating from China. That is all.

This began with clear, direct meetings with the Taliban laying down the conditions that would have to be met for the final departure of all Americans. I worked to negotiate those understandings.

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We didn’t trust Mullah Barader, the Taliban lead negotiator and his bosses. We didn’t have to as we made clear the price that would be paid if they violated our rigid boundaries. We didn’t beg the Taliban. Instead, from President Trump on down. we communicated the price that would be paid for their bad behavior.

From Feb. 29, 2020, the day we signed our first agreement with the Taliban, not a single American was killed by them. Not one. Today, the Biden administration is reportedly pleading with the Taliban not to kill our diplomats as they depart. It’s not simply weak, it’s dangerous. -- excerpt, rest at link above --