“What’s a win in Afghanistan?” Trump asked. Mattis correctly responded, “The United States doesn’t get attacked.” Finally switching his tack, Mattis offered, “Let’s say we’re ending the war, not that we’re withdrawing.” “Okay, you ready?” Trump asked no one in particular, but using this favorite phrase indicating something big was coming. “Say we have been there for eighteen years. We did a great job. If anybody comes here, they will be met like never before. That’s what we say,” he said, although Trump then expanded the withdrawal to include Iraq, Syria, and Yemen. Then Trump came back at
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