‘The war is not over, we’re not going to be able to rescue everybody’: Retired Colonel Jack Jacobs on Afghanistan
2021-08-28 09:27:23 source：CNBC
August 27, 2021
Retired Colonel Jack Jacobs told CNBC that President Joe Biden will be unable to fulfill his promise of ending the war in Afghanistan and rescuing all Americans and U.S. allies from the country.
“The war is not over, we’re not going to be able to rescue everybody, and I’m afraid that if we’re not careful, if our allies aren’t careful, if the Taliban’s not careful, we’re going to wind up with terrorists who are out of everybody’s control, and are going to be threatening us and our allies again in the future,” said Jacobs, an NBC News military analyst.
Biden alluded to plans to develop targets among ISIS-K during his Thursday evening remarks, after a suicide bomber outside the city’s airport killed at least 113 people, including 13 U.S. service members.
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