After Giving Terrorists a Country and an Arsenal, Gen. Milley Expects More Terrorism
By Bryan Preston Sep 04, 2021 7:23 PM ET
Gen. Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, gave an exclusive interview to Fox’s Jennifer Griffin. He told Griffin that he expects a “resurgence” in terrorism following the United States’ ignominious retreat from Afghanistan.
“My military estimate is…that the conditions are likely to develop of a civil war,” Milley said. “I don’t know if the Taliban is going to [be] able to consolidate power and establish governance.”
The general’s premonition was followed by his concern that the terrorist organizations could use the disorder in Afghanistan as an opportunity to find gains.
“I think there’s at least a very good probability of a broader civil war and that will then, in turn, lead to conditions that could, in fact, lead to a reconstitution of al-Qaeda or a growth of ISIS or other myriad of terrorist groups,” he told Fox News.
Gen. Milley also gave an utterly useless prediction that the hasty retreat from Afghanistan could make al Qaeda great again in “12, 24, 36 months. And we’re going to monitor that.”
Well that’s…something.
This is the same general who said he did not need Bagram Air Base when he testified under oath before Congress on June 23, 2021, after reportedly advising Joe Biden that the military did need it for intelligence and airstrikes against terrorism. This is the same general who came into the Biden term ranting about “white rage” rather than keeping his military eye on the military map to see what was coming.
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