What conditions these people were in, what choice they faced, either to join this division, or perhaps to stay in place and wait for the arrival of the soviet authorities, which would probably repress these people, or refuse and end up as ossarbeiter slaves for some hard work in germany, or simply end up in concentration camps, so the situation was actually very difficult, but the most important thing is to understand that formed the division was used, i already said about it, but i will repeat that as a frontline unit, it took part in battles. Against the red army, in particular in such a clash, such one of the largest battles took place under the fords in july 1944, as to me, this is precisely the embodiment of this tragedy of ukrainians as a stateless nation, when ukrainians in the ranks of the vafs of the Galicia Division , in german uniforms, shot at ukrainians in uniforms of the red army, who were advancing on the same lviv in the summer of 1944, after these battles, after when a
And jihadist islam more generally enjoy another victory over a superpower. I think there are many jihadists in afghanistan and around the world who believe that they successfully confronted the soviet union and defeated it. That empowered the movement in ways that have become extremely dangerous for us not only in south asia, but worldwide. And we cannot end up leaving the region in a situation where they can draw the same conclusion that now theyve defeated the United States as well. That is something that i think we ought to keep in mind as a strategic consequence of the way they manage the transition. Theres another point that i want to make. Getting afghanistan right does not require overinvestment on the part of the United States. Its very important to understand that what we need to do for success in afghanistan does not require us to bankrupt the United States, it does not require an openended, uncontrolled commitment of resources. Which is unpopular with the American People. Wh
Protecting the military and protecting them. We need to encourage good relations between jordan and egypt. And jordan and saudi arabia. We need to let them know that we are dependable. What i said before it is very true. People rely on the United States. Aople have to know we are dependable ally. It is good policy for us to be a dependable ally. It is also good policy for us in terms of what we need. Al qaeda was planning. And putting. We were not going after them. When the soviet Union Russians were thrown at afghanistan, we sort of pact that the one home. We allow that country to fester instead of making sure that the taliban did not rear its ugly head. We cannot afford to do that anymore. Feel thatt people they are tired. They are all tied. We have responsibilities as the leading power and as a responsibility to ourselves. It is one of those moments in our life in everybodys life. We have to be vigilant. We need to work to make sure that the people who would do us harm prevented fro
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Blood. We can talk about how well it was used and what the right strategies were. I will be the first one to say that big mistakes were made over that time. In the eye ins 2001 and said we will be committed to reducing, if not eliminating, terrorist groups operating from this region. We will stay until that objective is met. Sure,e have now said is, that objective has not been met, but we are still leaving anyway. The blame has largely been ai government. Karz i will also say very bluntly that there have been massive corruption problems within the government. As there have been in any government in south asia. There have been challenges Building National security apparatus. There has been corruption problems in the u. S. Dealing with contracts in afghanistan. I would say, first and foremost not just to the Afghan People, can we look the American People in the eye and say we have reached a point in afghanistan where the American Homeland is safe, for now, and in the foreseeable future .