Former Iraq & Afghanistan Ambassador On Our Success & Failures In The Middle East

Zalmay Khalilzad, former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq, and The United Nations during the George W. Bush Administration, joined Kilmeade & Friends to talk about his new book, “The Envoy: From Kabul To The White House, My Journey Through A Turbulent World“, which chronicles his journey from Afghanistan to America. Ambassador Khalilzad spoke about our intervention in Afghanistan helping out the anti-Soviet forces under President Reagan, the mistakes we have made with our Middle East policy post-cold war, where we went wrong after the first Gulf War against Iraq under Pres. Bush 41, how the surge in Iraq worked under Pres. Bush 43 and the mistakes made today by President Obama in both Iraq and Libya

Ambassador Khalilzad on the mistakes made under President Bush 41 in the Middle East

(ZALMAY KHALILZAD) I think President Bush Sr. made two errors in my view. One, in the aftermath of the victory against the Soviets in Afghanistan, we ignored Afghanistan.

(KILMEADE) Bush 41 this is?

(ZALMAY KHALILZAD) This is Bush 41, president Bush senior. Allowing the power vacuum there, vacuums are extremely powerful in attracting bad folks.

(KILMEADE) We allowed Mullah [Mohammed] Omar & Bin Laden to get together.

(ZALMAY KHALILZAD) These guys get together and regional players, Iran and Pakistan played proxy war there and Afghanistan became a sanctuary for terrorists and we ultimately had to go and invade [Afghanistan]. That neglect after the Soviet war was a mistake. Similarly I believe that after Kuwait was liberated, not using our advantage to bring about change in Bagdad, not go over there and occupy it. - Read More at the foxnews

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