There for the police. how else does one hold an individual who does not want to be arrested for the police? you have to contain him, not false imprison him, contain him. you have to possibly hold him at gunpoint without firing a shot, not an aggravated assault, but the use of a reasonable and measured amount of force to make him stay where he did not want to stay. so if they were acting within the law in trying to execute a citizen s arrest, to detain aari for the police, then travis had every single right to defend himself. when ahmaud arbery inexplicably
How else does one hold an individual who does not want to be arrested for the police? you have to contain him. not false imprison him. contain him. you have to possibly hold him at gunpoint without firing a shot, not an aggravated assault, but the use of a reasonable and measured amount of force, to make him stay where he did not want to stay. so if they were acting within the law in trying to execute a citizens arrest, to detain ahmaud arbery for the police, then travis had every single right to defend himself. when ahmaud arbery inexplicably took that sharp left turn at the right front of the truck,
Questions about the wider war itself. and pause to think about the lessons that we ve learned over the past 20 years. did we have the right strategy? did we have too many strategies. did we put too much faith in our ability to build effective afghan institutions. an army, an air force, a police force, and government ministries. we helped build a state, but could not forge a nation. the fact that the afghan army that we helped train simply melted away in many cases without firing a shot took us all by surprise. and it would be dishonest to claim others. and we need to consider some uncomfortable truths. that we did not fully comprehend the depth of corruption and poor leadership in the senior ranks. that we did not grasp the damaging threat by president ghani of his commanders. that we did not anticipate the snowball effect caused by the
Of the taliban takeover and warned that al-qaeda could pose a renewed threat to us interests. he was testifying alongside lloyd austin. we helped build a state but we could not help forge a nation. the fact the afghan army that we and our partners trained simply melted away, in many cases without firing a shot, took us all by surprise and it would be dishonest to claim otherwise. as we built that army and all of its components i think that one error we may have made over time is we made them too dependent on technology, too dependent on our capabilities. we didn t take in the cultural aspects as much as we should have, and we mirror imaged, to put it simply. i think that s a big lesson, we will take a hard look at it and when you pull contactors, troops, it is one of many contributing factors as to the rapid collapse.
A senate committee he had not anticipated the speed of the taliban takeover and warned that al-qaeda could pose a renewed threat to us interests. he was testifying alongside lloyd austin. the us defence secretary. we helped build a state but we could not forge a nation. the fact the afghan army that we and our partners trained simply melted away, in many cases without firing a shot, took us all by surprise and it would be dishonest to claim otherwise. as we built that army and all of its components i think that one error we may have made over time is we made them too dependent on technology, too dependent on our capabilities. we didn t take in the cultural aspects as much as we should have, and we mirror imaged, to put it simply. i think that s a big lesson, we will take a hard look at it and when you pull contractors, troops, it is one of many contributing factors