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"We& #39;ll look at al the countries in the region. Our diplomats will reach out," per @CENTCOM& #39;s Gen McKenzie "Some of them may be very far away"
Other possible options: long-range precision fires, manned aircraft
Or...
"You could do it w/manned raids although those are inherently dangerous, but you still do it" per @CENTCOM& #39;s Gen McKenzie
Or...
"You could do it w/manned raids although those are inherently dangerous, but you still do it" per @CENTCOM& #39;s Gen McKenzie
"We& #39;re examining this problem w/all of our resources right now to find a way to do it in the most intelligent, risk-free manner that we can" per @CENTCOM& #39;s Gen McKenzie
re CT options for #Afghanistan
re CT options for #Afghanistan
On the #Afghanistan withdrawal & @POTUS , "I had multiple opportunities to have a detailed conversation w/the president& give him my advice" per @CENTCOM& #39;s Gen McKenzie
"He heard my advice" McKenzie adds, declining to share it publicly
"He heard my advice" McKenzie adds, declining to share it publicly
#Taliban - "We need to see what they are going to do here" per @CENTCOM& #39;s Gen McKenzie "If they want any form of future int& #39;l recognition for #Afghanistan, if they want any form of int& #39;l support, they are going to have to keep to the agreements that they made"
#Pakistan will be most impacted by US, @NATO withdrawal from #Afghanistan, per @CENTCOM& #39;s Gen McKenzie
"Bcs of the possibility of unconstrained refugee flow, bcs of the possibility of new terrorist attacks in Pakistan that could ramp up as a result of this"
"Bcs of the possibility of unconstrained refugee flow, bcs of the possibility of new terrorist attacks in Pakistan that could ramp up as a result of this"
Countries to the north of #Afghanistan - #Tajikistan #Turkmenistan #Uzbekistan - "they& #39;re going to be worried about refugee flow & perhaps the flow of fighters, as well"
"They& #39;re going to face some very tough choices"
"They& #39;re going to face some very tough choices"
US- #Iraq: "I believe we have a good relationship with the gvt of Iraq... I don& #39;t see us withdrawing completely from Iraq in the future" per @CENTCOM& #39;s Gen McKenzie
"We& #39;re going to go to zero in #Afghanistan" per @CENTCOM& #39;s Gen McKenzie "There will be no US forces on the ground there"
"We will use a variety of means to monitor #alQaida & #ISIS...intelligence will decline" he says "But we will still be able to see into Afghanistan"
"We will use a variety of means to monitor #alQaida & #ISIS...intelligence will decline" he says "But we will still be able to see into Afghanistan"
"There still will be ways to do that" per @CENTCOM& #39;s Gen McKenzie "Much of that will depend on the embassy platform that remains, and that is as yet undermined"
"The president& #39;s been very clear. We& #39;re not going to reenter to reoccupy #Afghanistan under any conceivable circumstances" per @CENTCOM& #39;s Gen McKenzie
"What we will retain the ability to do is to find & fix those ppl who plan attacks against us that we can detect... When appropriate we will be able to strike them" per @CENTCOM& #39;s Gen McKenzie "I don& #39;t want to make that sound easy bcs its extremely difficult to do"
"The known aspiration of these groups to launch attacks against the United States, that hasn& #39;t gone away" per @CENTCOM& #39;s Gen McKenzie
"It& #39;s also possible that the #Taliban will do some of the things they said they& #39;re going to do. I just watch that very closely"
"It& #39;s also possible that the #Taliban will do some of the things they said they& #39;re going to do. I just watch that very closely"
US has no basing agreements in place w/any of #Afghanistan& #39;s neighbors, per @CENTCOM& #39;s Gen McKenzie
"We engaged in a significant effort to evaluate where we want to put potential CT forces, where they& #39;d be best optimized" he adds
"We engaged in a significant effort to evaluate where we want to put potential CT forces, where they& #39;d be best optimized" he adds
"Most of the contractors are going to leave. Certainly, the US contractors are going to leave" per @CENTCOM& #39;s Gen McKenzie "We& #39;re looking at ways to do distant contracting where we can"
"Clearly there are going to be some thing we& #39;re not going to be able to do anymore..."
"Clearly there are going to be some thing we& #39;re not going to be able to do anymore..."
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#Bagram airbase - "Bagram is key terrain, tactically, in #Afghanistan, operationally & strategically" per @CENTCOMs& #39;s Gen McKenzie
#Taliban post May 1 - "We& #39;re ready for whatever they chose to do" per @CENTCOMs& #39;s Gen McKenzie
"Everyone will leave" he adds, of US contractors in #Afghanistan
"Everyone will leave" he adds, of US contractors in #Afghanistan
