U.S. Envoy: America Must Stay In Afghanistan Or Risk Being Attacked Again

The U.S.. envoy to Kabul says we have to be in Afghanistan for the long haul.

Ryan Crocker, a career diplomat who was ambassador in Iraq, also warned the United States would have to spend billions more in the coming years to bolster Afghanistan’s government and security forces as its own troops prepare to return home.

“What we have to do is I think demonstrate the strategic patience that is necessary to win a long war,” he told Reuters, in an interview ahead of the 10th anniversary of the attacks.

“It is going to require more resources, its going to require time. I hope we can bring all those to bear, because as hard, painful, as expensive as this has been in blood and treasure, it has cost a lot less than 9/11 did.”

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.