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Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller | PBD Podcast | Ep. 194

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Why Is It So Hard to Evacuate American Citizens?

In April 2021, President Biden ordered a withdrawal of military forces from Afghanistan. The theater commander at the time was a guy named General McKenzie. My opinion is General McKenzie should have pushed back and not allowed that to happen. He threw 5,000 troops in addition to the two Marine battalions; they clash with the Taliban. They obviously allowed the suicide bomber to go through the checkpoint, probably kills 13 service members, injured more than 20, hundreds of Afghan civilians. That's just critical calls for external partner call them on it.

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