of the major roads connecting the cities. by january of 2021, the taliban was in its strongest military position since 9/11 and we had the smallest number of u.s. forces in afghanistan since 2001. as a result, upon taking office, president biden immediately faced the choice between ending the war or escalating it. had he not followed through on his predecessor s commitment attacks on our forces and those of our allies would have resumed and the attacks on major cities would have commenced. it would have required sending more force evers into afghanistan to defend ourselves and prevent a taliban takeover. taking casualties and with it the prospect of restoring a stalemate and remaining stuck in afghanistan under fire indefinitely. there is no evidence that staying longer would have made the afghan security forces or the afghan government any more
london talking about four trained americans antiterrorism agents that they were tortured. they were murdered. all the fingernails were ripped out of his hands before they killed him. the washington examiner had a video posted on social media that reportedly shows the taliban beheading an afghan soldier. you hear about these women, these women have a campaign now, it s online campaign to prevent all this thee strict dress codes now because women you have to to be in a certain outfit in order to go outside. and they are tweeting out about it and saying sthalg do not touch my clothes and posting pictures of the outfits that they want to wear. brian: if you missed five hours, here is a little of it. upon taking office, president biden immediately faced the choice between ending the war or escalating it. had he not followed through on his predecessor s commitment attacks on our forces and those allies would have resumed. and the taliban s nationwide assault on afghanistan s major citi
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