That would be about the 90th floor or so?” The president joined his staff in an empty classroom, where his C.I.A. But I knew then it was going to set the stage for perpetual war.” Within weeks of 9/11, the U.S. struck back in Afghanistan. “Al Qaeda could not operate out of Afghanistan anymore.” President Bush knew there was a history of failed military campaigns in Afghanistan. “I think one of the biggest mistakes we made strategically, after 9/11, was to fail to finish the job here, focus our attention here. And, of course, we then did it for another decade.” “I think the military and the national security apparatus thought they could win.

Source: International New York Times September 09, 2021 12:29 UTC