Former Top U.S. Commander In Afghanistan Says The Country Is Disintegrating

Is the US making a mistake by leaving Afghanistan?

Fmr. Pres. Bush says yes; today, I asked Ret. Gen. David Petraeus, who commanded US & NATO troops there: pic.twitter.com/8swX0iobIB
— Fareed Zakaria (@FareedZakaria) July 18, 2021

Daily Mail: 'We will regret the decision to withdraw': David Petraeus slams Biden's 'hasty' troop pullout from Afghanistan as ex-commander predicts 'brutal civil war' with US gone

* Retired General David Petraeus criticized Biden troop pullout from Afghanistan

* Former commander of US forces in region says country on verge of 'civil war'

* Biden has given deadline of August 31 for removal of all US troops from the area

* Gen. Austin 'Scott' Miller returned to the United States on Wednesday

* He was greeted by Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin, Joint Chiefs chair Mark Milley

* He resigned his command of US and NATO forces at ceremony in Kabul Monday

* The Taliban is making a resurgence as it capitalizes on US withdrawal of troops

* It is reverting to fundamental roots as it makes huge advances

* Insurgents ordered captured villagers to marry off daughters to foot soldiers

The United States military’s former top commander in Afghanistan said President Joe Biden’s accelerated withdrawal of American forces has left the Central Asian country on the verge of a ‘brutal civil war.’

'The situation on the ground has become increasingly dire with each passing week,' Retired General David Petraeus told CNN on Sunday.

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Update #1: Retired U.S. general: Afghanistan is disintegrating (Politico)

Update #2: Gen. Petraeus: U.S. may regret Biden’s full pullout from Afghanistan (OAN)

WNU Editor: David Petraeus assessment on how technology is changing the battlefield and on how wars will be fought in the future is correct, especially in a conflict like Afghanistan ....

.... Petraeus said President Trump’s plan to keep 3,500 U.S. troops armed with drones in Afghanistan could have prevented the current situation.

“…That’s what Gen. Miller was pioneering and it’s all made possible by the advent of this armada of drones, which we also used in Iraq and Syria where we didn’t fight on the front lines,” he explained. “We allowed the host nations forces to do that and we enabled them.”

But this is now all moot. The Biden administration has chosen the get out ASAP policy, and Afghanistan will be reaping the whirlwind.