Bolton said that as long as the threat from terror groups existed, the U.S. should have maintained its military presence in Afghanistan.
" on Thursday, Bolton said the U.S. had gone into Afghanistan in 2001 to oust the Taliban and the "sanctuary they had provided to Al Qaeda."
"We stayed there for an equally valid strategic reason," said Bolton, who is widely considered a foreign policy hawk. "Which is to keep Taliban, Al Qaeda and other threatening terrorist groups from regaining a capability, to have a privileged sanctuary from which they could plan and direct attacks against the U.S. and our friends and allies."The U.S.
What Taliban-controlled Afghanistan provides is potential for a regime that enables terrorist groups — unlike other regimes which try and hunt them down and eliminate them.But critics point to the growing cost of America's longest war, both in terms of the number of lives lost and the amount of money spent.
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