Retired Colonel: Trump Will Get Afghan President Killed by Emboldening ISIS with Troop Pullout

EXCERPT:

LEIGHTON: "Well I would say, Pamela, there are going to be several aspects here. When you’re looking at the troop withdrawals from Syria, which seem to be the ones that will happen first, what you’re seeing is the potential for the Turks to take advantage of the vacuum and certainly for the Assad regime in Syria to take advantage of that and that’s not to mention the Iranians and the Russians. What you’re doing is you're opening up this can of worms, basically, for everybody to get involved. They’re all there, that are all playing various roles, but the U.S. is basically keeping a lid on a lot of conflict in that region. The fact that we’re leaving is basically pulling the pressure off of this pot that's boiling. And this boiling pot is going to run over very quickly, I think, in that area. As far as Afghanistan is concerned, I think we’re going to see a situation where the Taliban is going to become emboldened, ISIS that is active in Afghanistan is also going to become emboldened and it's going to be very difficult for the regime of Ashraf Ghani, the Afghan President to not only continue the fight but to survive. And that, I think, is going to be a significant factor in the geopolitical equation that really governs south Asia and the northern part of the Middle East."

(h/t Raw Story)