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MENA Observatory – America
The new Acting Secretary of Defense of the United States, Christopher Miller, announced, in a letter to the Armed Forces, his intention to accelerate the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan and the Middle East, after taking over the Acting Department of Defense a week ago. .
“All wars must end, and many are war-weary, and I am one of them,” Miller said in the letter, “but it is the crucial stage where we transform our efforts from a leadership role to one. support. The end of wars requires concessions and partnerships. We faced the challenge and did everything in our power. ” Now is the time to go home. “
In his message, the acting US Defense Secretary affirmed his country’s determination to defeat Al-Qaeda, without mentioning the whereabouts of American soldiers, but the mention of Al-Qaeda refers to Afghanistan and Iraq, where The United States sent forces in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks.
And the outgoing president of the United States called Donald Trump, and after losing the elections to Democrat Joe Biden, last Monday, the former official and expert in counterterrorism, Christopher Miller, at the head of the Department of Defense after the dismissal of Mark Esper.
Trump has also been making great efforts to withdraw US forces from the two countries since he took office four years ago, and any such steps must be taken before Biden takes office on January 20.
Notably, former Defense Minister Mark Esper had reduced the number of troops in Afghanistan by two-thirds in the wake of a peace agreement between the United States and the Taliban movement on February 29, but Trump sought a further reduction of forces and wrote in a tweet on Twitter that I wanted to return. Soldiers “Come Home for Christmas” on December 25.
