Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, Ret., on the Afghanistan crisis:
“Our nation is in an extreme crisis right now of leadership… I am now referring to this as sort of our nation’s Alamo, because that’s what it is. We have been encircled by the enemy — an enemy that we have been fighting and killing for the better part of 20 years… They now have us encircled and we have a political leadership that is directing that we work with these thugs. This is an Alamo type situation. The end result is not going to be good. Our No. 1 priority should be American citizens. We should be extracting every American citizen that is on the ground behind enemy lines right now. … First priority must be U.S. citizens.”