Sec. of State Blinken on Afghanistan: ‘This is not Saigon’
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken declared Sunday that the rapidly deteriorating situation in Afghanistan since the withdrawal of U.S. troops is nothing like the fall of Saigon in 1975.
"This is not Saigon," Blinken responded. "We went to Afghanistan 20 years ago with one mission, and that mission was to deal with the folks that attacked us on 9/11, and we have succeeded in that mission. The objective that we set, bringing those that attacked us to justice, making sure they couldn’t attack us again from Afghanistan, we’ve succeeded in that mission. And in fact we succeeded a while ago. "And at the same time, remaining in Afghanistan for another one, five, 10 years is not in the national interest," he added.More Related News