* Paneta, a Democrat, served as Defense Secretary in the Obama administration
* He said in an interview with Erin Burnett that the withdrawal of American troops left the United States in a 'very dangerous and difficult situation'
* He was asked if he believed it was right for the Biden administration to stick with the August 31 deadline for removing American troops from the war-torn country
* 'We're going to have to go back in to get ISIS. We're probably going to have to go back in when Al Qaeda resurrects itself, as they will, with this Taliban,' he said
Leon Panetta said on Thursday that the Unites States military will have to return to Afghanistan to tackle terror threats posed by Taliban and ISIS-K after a suicide attack killed 13 U.S. troops and at least 90 Afghans.
Paneta, a Democrat who served as Defense Secretary in the Obama administration, said in an interview with Erin Burnett for her CNN show OutFront that the withdrawal of American troops left the United States in a 'very dangerous and difficult situation.'
He was asked if he believed it was right for the Biden administration to stick with the August 31 deadline for removing American troops from the war-torn country.
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Update #1: Leon Panetta says US troops will need to return to combat in Afghanistan (NYPost)
Update #2: ‘We’ll have to go back to Afghanistan’ to get ISIS & Al-Qaeda, Obama’s security chief Panetta says after US deaths in Kabul (RT)
WNU Editor: I do not see how the U.S. military can return to Afghanistan after this "evacuation" has been completed. Not one country that borders Afghanistan wants a U.S. presence when this is all over. So how can the U.S. military be deployed to Afghanistan?
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