Afghanistan Is ‘A Massive Safe-Haven for Al Qaeda, ISIS’. Feat. Marine Corp Vet. Elliot Ackerman
Best-selling author and veteran U.S. Marine Captain – Elliot Ackerman describes Afghanistan, under Taliban rule, as descending into a black hole. This is a circumstance we’ve seen before in other parts of the world, he says:
“What eventually crawls out of that black hole is some type of terrorist group that is going to lash out at the West.”
“They now have a massive safe haven inside of Afghanistan. And so we're going to see these groups use Afghanistan as a base.”
Ackerman served 5 tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. He is a recipient of the purple heart.
Reports differ on how many Americans and Afghan allies were left behind when U.S. troops withdrew from the country; though it's known that the vast majority remain there. Ackerman describes the ongoing effort to get Afghan-U.S. allies out that he and his cohorts initiated before the U.S. withdrawal.