James Carafano: Afghanistan is not in the President’s rear view mirror yet

With Gordon Chang, James Carafano and Brig. Gen. Don Bolduc

GORDON CHANG, Contributor, Gatestone Institute, Newsweek, Author, “The Coming Collapse of China,” “Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes the World, “Losing South Korea,” and “The Great US-China Tech War,” @Gordongchang

• Gordon Chang: Xi Jinping is trying to move China back to the 1950s – Xi is attacking China’s technology sector, forcing through a “common prosperity” campaign, etc.
• Chang: Common prosperity is not merely a slogan, it is more enduring
• China accuses the U.S. of “barbaric acts”
• U.S. intel community’s summary on the origins of COVID-19: Lab leak theory plausible

JAMES JAY CARAFANO, Vice President, Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, The Heritage Foundation, Author, “Brutal War,” @JJCarafano

• Afghanistan is not in the President’s rear view mirror: the hostage situation, transnational terrorism, and more
• James Carafano: As long as the Taliban and/or the Haqqani network do not meddle in Pakistan’s affairs, they do not care what they do
• Carafano: This administration is going to try and normalize relations with the Taliban, who in turn, will not go after ISIS-K, Al-Qaeda, etc.
• Carafano: We as conservatives have always treated the movement as a buffet table – That doesn’t cut it anymore

BRIG. GEN. DON BOLDUC, Candidate for the U.S. Senate, New Hampshire, Retired Brigadier General and Special Ops Africa, U.S. Army, @GenDonBolduc

• Brig. Gen. Don Bolduc talks about America’s counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan
• Brig. Gen. Bolduc: Between 2010-2013, the Afghan government controlled 90% of the country, the Taliban and Al-Qaeda were rendered ineffective and “we were well on our way to transitioning [military operations] to [the Afghans].”
• Where did things take a turn for the worst? Gen. Milley and others allowed the Obama administration to alter operations on the ground in Afghanistan

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