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On Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends” on Tuesday, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said the one-year anniversary of the withdrawal from Afghanistan is “an opportunity to look at the lives we’ve saved ” through “absolutely unprecedented” “124,000 Afghans out of this country in two weeks” and also “the strongest strategic base we’re in now because this war is over”.
Co-presenter Brian Kilmeade asked: “It’s been about a year since we left Afghanistan. In your estimation, is this the worst military disaster in your life?’
Kirby replied, “No. I wouldn’t say that at all. I think we should take a look at this month and remember yes, of course, the lives that were lost, not only during the evacuation, but during the 20 years of the war. And I had a friend that I lost there too. I mean, this is personal to me. But I also think it’s an opportunity to look at the lives we’ve saved, Brian, 124,000 Afghans brought out of this country in two weeks, unprecedented in military history, nothing like it, completely unprecedented. But also the strongest strategic base we’re on now, because that war is over.”
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