Trump on Afghanistan Withdrawal: ‘We Have Things Under Control Very Well with the Small Force’

‘I think it’s very important that we continue intelligence there in all cases because it is somewhat of a nest’

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TRUMP: "I think just that we’ve been there for 19 years, we're like a police force and that’s about it, frankly, I think it’s very important that we continue intelligence there in all cases because it is somewhat of a nest, if you look at what happened with the world trade, it essentially came out of Afghanistan. Most of the people, I think, they may not have come from Afghanistan originally but that’s where they were taught, so there’s a big argument to be made and I buy that argument, you know, it’s tough when somebody says, well, this is a big breeding ground, and it is a breeding ground and we have things under control very well with the small force, we can probably make it a little bit smaller and then we will decide, it’ll depend on the Taliban, it’ll depend on the Afghan government, but there is a case to be made and the case also is that we're going to be leaving very significant intelligence behind for just the reasons I stated." 

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