Former National Security Adviser John Bolton shares his perspective on the decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, says it "risks very grave danger to American national security."
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#Bolton #Politics #Afghanistan
Old John ” QUAGMIRE” Bolton, never saw a war he didn’t like.
What’s wrong with Chuck Todd interviewing this traitor? Bolton is anti- democracy 😡
Never saw an UNWINNABLE war he didn’t like.
Quagmire 😅😅😅
@Ron K Because msdnc is pro-war. Did you see Joy Reid flip out when the Right was talking about cutting defense spending? Oh, never mind. I’m a russian
Jon Bolton and the mainstream media. Actors of the military industrial complex, spreading propaganda to make their shareholders happy.
Keep this traitor off MSNBC. His opinion is irrelevant!
How about we pull out of Afghanistan and leave John Bolton behind? Seems like a win win.
I understand MSNBC wanting to get perspective from both sides, but Bolton is the biggest war hawk ever. It’s not likely to get much objectivity from him.
@Trumpocalypse Uh… what? msnbc never has people on who advocate peace. It’s a pro-war network. You understand that, right?
Anti-democracy Bolton. He failed America 🇺🇸 – not worthy of an interview. Chuck Todd – you made a egregious error
“Look guys, you just need to understand how much money is tied up in this BS war, and we need to continue this nightmare for a steady increase in defense contractors financial growth”
What he really said.
I don’t think there was any way to “win” Afghanistain. We could have stayed there for a hundred years and not made any difference. I’m not sure we were making much difference there now.
As someone who served on the ground there with the direct job to facilitate transition of authority to the Afghans, there was no scenario where anything could look like a win
We can win.
Neutron bomb.
You can’t take anything this war monger says as truth
I feel bad for the people who will be under the Taliban again. But it’s time to get the us out.
Yes exactly, we lost almost 60,000 soldiers fighting in Vietnam and now we have had official peaceful relations with Vietnam since 1995. We have supported and trained the Afghan people for 20 years, let’s leave it up to them to work out what is going to happen in their country just as you would a son or daughter after 20 years. – – – It will be interesting to see. Hope for the best for them.
john bolton has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING OF VALUE TO OFFER.
He has no credibility. The traitor lost that when he didn’t testify 👎😡
Then why does msnbc have him on? You must be a russsian
John Bolton loves War. Everyone knows about this guy smh
Republicans having a fit over Biden pulling out of Afghanistan but trump wanted to be out by the end of May and these same people were all for it.
@E M They care about your mom a lot.
@Harry Balzac Is love to see you say that to my face and not behind a keyboard.
@Harry Balzac lol why even comment, dude
@Harry Balzac Mitch McConnell for one Lindsay Graham too. If they are you can bet there’s quite a few more. You can pull them both up talking about it on AP
@Harry Balzac Mitch wasn’t happy when trump set the date for May this year either.
John Bolton influenced US policy in Afghanistan throughout the Bush Administration. The fact that we’re here is all his fault.
It was always going to end up like this.
And the traitor deserves no airtime. When America 🇺🇸 needed him most, he failed her!
@Ron K agreed. Wouldn’t testify against traitor trump in the impeachment, but had no problems putting it in a book.
WOW – I have to say that I am SHOCKED that Bolton thinks its a mistake, na just kidding. If it went on another 40 years he would still be asking for another 40
I don’t pretend to know what the best choice is for troops in Afghanistan at this point, but my instincts suggest that if Bolton is fer it I am agin it.
As far as Germany and Korea, those troops are not being shot at on a regular basis.
Just how do you want this war to last, I would think 20 years is enough.!!
The mistake was ever thinking we could “win” in Afghanistan. If we haven’t accomplished anything in 20 years, we are clearly not going to.
Back in October 2001 when America sent troops, I told as many Americans I could that winning an Afghan war was impossible and you’d still be fighting in ten years, but I was laughed at, American war confidence was high.
Now 21 YEARS LATER Americans are still dying in Afghanistan. And now; Oh dear, America has lost another war and is retreating, how shameful that must be?
Kinda like Chicago, I guess. But I’m sure Betelguese will turn it around any day now.
What ??? Bolton doesn’t agree with a troop withdrawal, what a suprise 😆😅🤣
Bolton’s argument for containment seems plausible. Why was this not discussed in Congress? They voted for the War to begin with.
We should have gotten out of Afghanistan the week after we got OBL.
Heard. Maybe month at most.
The troops should have been withdrawn the day after Bin Laden’s body was dumped in the ocean.
Why?
The US has more threats internally than from Afghanistan at the moment…
The 2nd amendement people shot and killed 1.5 Million Americans since 1969, Trump (put in WH by Putin) killed annother 981,000 Americans (excess deaths) by not protecting them from the pandemic.