Kinzinger: You’re Seeing the Collapse of Afghan Government ‘Because Everybody Turned Their Back on Them’

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KINZINGER: “President Biden went in there — and, basically, we get asked all the time, what was the mission in Afghanistan? Well, the mission was to create an Afghan government that can defend itself. They were pretty close to that. You know, the U.S. and NATO was only carrying out 2 percent of combat missions. Most of those were targeting ISIS. The rest was stiffening the spine of the Afghan government that was willing to fight as long as they knew the U.S. had their back. And now you're seeing this collapse, not because they weren't heroic in fighting, but because everybody turned their back on them. Again, Jake, I hope I'm wrong. I hope, with all the troops home, we realize we should have left years ago and Afghanistan can defend itself and women are treated well. I just don't see that happening, and, unfortunately, a lot quicker than we thought."