General Calls Delays in Afghanistan Withdrawal an Example of ‘American Arrogance’

Retired Gen. Frank McKenzie said he believes the delay in withdrawing troops from Afghanistan can be attributed to “American arrogance.” He spoke to his many regrets about the withdrawal that led to the deaths of 13 U.S. service members in August 2021.

McKenzie, the head of United States Central Command at the time of the withdrawal, said in an interview with Fox News’s Jennifer Griffin that he regretted the U.S.’s decision to “stay on until the very end,” saying that often pushing that choice could land, and did land, the country in an “extremist situation.”

“I think it’s a case of American exceptionalism or American arrogance, depending on your perspective, to believe that you can actually withdraw, beaten from the field of battle, and still maintain a large political platform in the country you’re actually retreating from,” McKenzie said in the interview, which aired Thursday.

“I go back to the basic decision to wait so very late to begin to bring people out — after we had already given away Bagram Airfield, after we had already drawn down to a very low footprint in the country,” he continued. “I think those were the decisions that led to the scenes at the airport in Kabul.” (Read more from “General Calls Delays in Afghanistan Withdrawal an Example of ‘American Arrogance’” HERE)

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