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<blockquote data-quote="wing2000" data-source="post: 76496519" data-attributes="member: 314005"><p>You're referring to this advice? Advice that was given to both <u>President Trump and Biden</u> - both of whom, as you say, ignored their advice? The fact is, the White House set's policy. Both President's policy was <strong>to remove all US forces from Afghanistan. </strong>[in any case, keeping 2500 troops in place would have been pointless after the Afghan government and military collapsed.]</p><p></p><p><em>“I won’t share my personal recommendation to the president, but I will give you my honest opinion, and my honest opinion and view shaped my recommendation,” McKenzie said. “I recommended that we maintain 2,500 troops in Afghanistan. And I also recommended earlier in the fall of 2020 that we maintain 4,500 at that time. Those were my personal views. I also have a view that the withdrawal of those forces would lead inevitably to the collapse of the Afghan military forces and eventually the Afghan government.”</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Inhofe then asked Milley if he agreed with the recommendation to keep 2,500 forces in Afghanistan.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Milley said, “I do agree with that,” noting that he put his opinion in a memo that he wrote back in the fall of 2020 when Trump was president. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Inhofe asked McKenzie if he ever spoke to Biden about Miller’s recommendation.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>“I was present when that discussion occurred,” McKenzie said. “And I’m confident the president heard all the recommendations, and listened to them very thoughtfully.”</em></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.factcheck.org/2021/09/generals-contradict-biden-on-afghanistan-advice/" target="_blank">Generals Contradict Biden on Afghanistan Advice - FactCheck.org</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>...now with respect to Russia, I would be willing to bet some military advisors are advising President Biden to take a different course than he has to date. Still others agree with him.</p><p></p><p> That is to be expected for any decision made by the POTUS.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wing2000, post: 76496519, member: 314005"] You're referring to this advice? Advice that was given to both [U]President Trump and Biden[/U] - both of whom, as you say, ignored their advice? The fact is, the White House set's policy. Both President's policy was [B]to remove all US forces from Afghanistan. [/B][in any case, keeping 2500 troops in place would have been pointless after the Afghan government and military collapsed.] [I]“I won’t share my personal recommendation to the president, but I will give you my honest opinion, and my honest opinion and view shaped my recommendation,” McKenzie said. “I recommended that we maintain 2,500 troops in Afghanistan. And I also recommended earlier in the fall of 2020 that we maintain 4,500 at that time. Those were my personal views. I also have a view that the withdrawal of those forces would lead inevitably to the collapse of the Afghan military forces and eventually the Afghan government.” Inhofe then asked Milley if he agreed with the recommendation to keep 2,500 forces in Afghanistan. Milley said, “I do agree with that,” noting that he put his opinion in a memo that he wrote back in the fall of 2020 when Trump was president. Inhofe asked McKenzie if he ever spoke to Biden about Miller’s recommendation. “I was present when that discussion occurred,” McKenzie said. “And I’m confident the president heard all the recommendations, and listened to them very thoughtfully.”[/I] [URL="https://www.factcheck.org/2021/09/generals-contradict-biden-on-afghanistan-advice/"]Generals Contradict Biden on Afghanistan Advice - FactCheck.org[/URL] ...now with respect to Russia, I would be willing to bet some military advisors are advising President Biden to take a different course than he has to date. Still others agree with him. That is to be expected for any decision made by the POTUS. [/QUOTE]
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