Major Joshua Mast

She would get turned over in the way she did and it was it ended up being two days before the peace deal was announced She got dumped to what I think was Taliban proxies coming forward to falsely claim it and the reason I think that is in my board of inquiry a Colonel testified and we had asked for this colonel authorization to testify for three years and were denied and He testified that they had six to eight false claimants come forward

She would get turned over in the way she did and it was it ended up being two days before the peace deal was announced She got dumped to what I think was Taliban proxies coming forward to falsely claim it and the reason I think that is in my board of inquiry a Colonel testified and we had asked for this colonel authorization to testify for three years and were denied and He testified that they had six to eight false claimants come forward

She would get turned over in the way she did and it was it ended up being two days before the peace deal was announced She got dumped to what I think was Taliban proxies coming forward to falsely claim it and the reason I think that is in my board of inquiry a Colonel testified and we had asked for this colonel authorization to testify for three years and were denied and He testified that they had six to eight false claimants come forward

And they DNA tested them, negative testing for all of them. So these were non-family members coming forward out of the boonies to claim a child. And the question is, why? Why would six to eight people who are not relatives of the child come forward? And I think the best answer to that is, what was the Taliban strategic? What was their number one priority right then in Afghanistan?

And they DNA tested them, negative testing for all of them. So these were non-family members coming forward out of the boonies to claim a child. And the question is, why? Why would six to eight people who are not relatives of the child come forward? And I think the best answer to that is, what was the Taliban strategic? What was their number one priority right then in Afghanistan?

And they DNA tested them, negative testing for all of them. So these were non-family members coming forward out of the boonies to claim a child. And the question is, why? Why would six to eight people who are not relatives of the child come forward? And I think the best answer to that is, what was the Taliban strategic? What was their number one priority right then in Afghanistan?

In September to March, of 2019, 2020, what was their goal? Is to get the US to leave, right? And what the conditions on the peace deal was that the soil of Afghanistan would not be used by Al-Qaeda. And she's living proof that they're violating that. And then I think if you also think strategically from the embassy's perspective,

In September to March, of 2019, 2020, what was their goal? Is to get the US to leave, right? And what the conditions on the peace deal was that the soil of Afghanistan would not be used by Al-Qaeda. And she's living proof that they're violating that. And then I think if you also think strategically from the embassy's perspective,

In September to March, of 2019, 2020, what was their goal? Is to get the US to leave, right? And what the conditions on the peace deal was that the soil of Afghanistan would not be used by Al-Qaeda. And she's living proof that they're violating that. And then I think if you also think strategically from the embassy's perspective,

President Trump had made a decision that this was a bad deal, and he canceled it. And he tweeted, how many more decades do you want to fight? I was sitting in the chow hall when that went on the news, and I was like, huh, that's awesome, right? Because I saw this car bombing. This is a guy with kids at home. He got shredded by bull bearings for no strategic purpose.

President Trump had made a decision that this was a bad deal, and he canceled it. And he tweeted, how many more decades do you want to fight? I was sitting in the chow hall when that went on the news, and I was like, huh, that's awesome, right? Because I saw this car bombing. This is a guy with kids at home. He got shredded by bull bearings for no strategic purpose.

President Trump had made a decision that this was a bad deal, and he canceled it. And he tweeted, how many more decades do you want to fight? I was sitting in the chow hall when that went on the news, and I was like, huh, that's awesome, right? Because I saw this car bombing. This is a guy with kids at home. He got shredded by bull bearings for no strategic purpose.

It was just a middle finger from the Taliban.

It was just a middle finger from the Taliban.

It was just a middle finger from the Taliban.

and i think the president rightly said this is a bad deal and killed it and then both the embassy and the taliban want to get this done right and i don't think in with with history as in retrospect it was a bad deal does anybody think that that went well like does anybody think that made our country safe does anybody think that that made afghanistan stable and not a safe haven for for the taliban and i'm not saying stay there forever and i'm not advocating for forever wars but i'm saying

and i think the president rightly said this is a bad deal and killed it and then both the embassy and the taliban want to get this done right and i don't think in with with history as in retrospect it was a bad deal does anybody think that that went well like does anybody think that made our country safe does anybody think that that made afghanistan stable and not a safe haven for for the taliban and i'm not saying stay there forever and i'm not advocating for forever wars but i'm saying

and i think the president rightly said this is a bad deal and killed it and then both the embassy and the taliban want to get this done right and i don't think in with with history as in retrospect it was a bad deal does anybody think that that went well like does anybody think that made our country safe does anybody think that that made afghanistan stable and not a safe haven for for the taliban and i'm not saying stay there forever and i'm not advocating for forever wars but i'm saying

That wasn't—the total abandonment of Afghanistan was not the plan in 2019. They were going to leave task force behind, and they were going to do a counterterrorism mission and mow the grass, because I was sent to study that withdrawal. That was my mission, is how do we transfer all these assets to the Afghans? How do we make this stable? And really, it wasn't until—

That wasn't—the total abandonment of Afghanistan was not the plan in 2019. They were going to leave task force behind, and they were going to do a counterterrorism mission and mow the grass, because I was sent to study that withdrawal. That was my mission, is how do we transfer all these assets to the Afghans? How do we make this stable? And really, it wasn't until—