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"We'll look at al the countries in the region. Our diplomats will reach out," per @CENTCOM'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's Gen McKenzie
Or...
"You could do it w/manned raids although those are inherently dangerous, but you still do it" per @CENTCOM's Gen McKenzie
"We'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'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'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's Gen McKenzie "If they want any form of future int'l recognition for #Afghanistan, if they want any form of int'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'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're going to be worried about refugee flow & perhaps the flow of fighters, as well"
"They're going to face some very tough choices"
"They're going to face some very tough choices"
US- #Iraq: "I believe we have a good relationship with the gvt of Iraq... I don't see us withdrawing completely from Iraq in the future" per @CENTCOM's Gen McKenzie
"We're going to go to zero in #Afghanistan" per @CENTCOM'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's Gen McKenzie "Much of that will depend on the embassy platform that remains, and that is as yet undermined"
"The president's been very clear. We're not going to reenter to reoccupy #Afghanistan under any conceivable circumstances" per @CENTCOM'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's Gen McKenzie "I don'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't gone away" per @CENTCOM's Gen McKenzie
"It's also possible that the #Taliban will do some of the things they said they're going to do. I just watch that very closely"
"It's also possible that the #Taliban will do some of the things they said they're going to do. I just watch that very closely"
US has no basing agreements in place w/any of #Afghanistan's neighbors, per @CENTCOM's Gen McKenzie
"We engaged in a significant effort to evaluate where we want to put potential CT forces, where they'd be best optimized" he adds
"We engaged in a significant effort to evaluate where we want to put potential CT forces, where they'd be best optimized" he adds
"Most of the contractors are going to leave. Certainly, the US contractors are going to leave" per @CENTCOM's Gen McKenzie "We're looking at ways to do distant contracting where we can"
"Clearly there are going to be some thing we're not going to be able to do anymore..."
"Clearly there are going to be some thing we're not going to be able to do anymore..."
#Bagram airbase - "Bagram is key terrain, tactically, in #Afghanistan, operationally & strategically" per @CENTCOMs's Gen McKenzie
#Taliban post May 1 - "We're ready for whatever they chose to do" per @CENTCOMs's Gen McKenzie
"Everyone will leave" he adds, of US contractors in #Afghanistan
"Everyone will leave" he adds, of US contractors in #Afghanistan
