Phil Mudd: Taliban Holds All The Cards; They Can Start Killing When They Want

MUDD: “Too much risk. I don’t think the deal makes any difference as I said. I think people are placing too little emphasis on the CIA director’s meeting. He goes out from that meeting and shortly thereafter the president says we’re out. Why? I’ll make a bet. That is because the Taliban told the CIA director you guys are out or else you guys are in deep trouble. The Taliban holds the cards. They can go after the people who are affiliated with us and slit their throats. They can go after American citizens and slit their throats if we don’t leave and they have done that. What is your choice as commander-in-chief? Extend the deadline and risk people’s lives or say we’ll get 110,000, 120,000 people out and save American servicemen by leaving on time. No good choice. I would have done what Biden did.”