Pompeo: Terrorists from Yemen, Southeast Asia, Africa Are Watching American Weakness in Afghanistan

‘And I’m sure they’re all contemplating whether this isn’t the moment to strike’

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POMPEO: "It matters an awful lot, because while we’re focused on Afghanistan today, Dana, make no mistake these radical Islamist terrorists aren’t limited to Afghanistan. They’re in Yemen, they're in Southeast Asia, they're in al-Shabab in Africa, every one of those terrorists is watching American weakness in Afghanistan and I am sure they’re all contemplating whether this isn’t the moment to strike. And we will need our partners, our friends, our allies to have confidence in us in all of these places. In Afghanistan, too. That we’ll be prepared to do and honor the commitments that we’ve made. They are all very concerned. I’ve heard from many of them. They're very worried that this president is not prepared to lead in the way that we did for four years."

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