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Published: 14 September 2021
Pulling out of Afghanistan was a big mistake, said Donald Trump's former national security adviser, John Bolton.
Bolton stated, "The decision to withdraw American and NATO forces from Afghanistan was a major mistake, and I believe that the policy of negotiations with the Taliban was the original mistake that was made. We negotiated with a terrorist group and not with the legitimate Government."
He added: "It was a big mistake of the United States."
He noted that "Now terrorist organizations can use Afghan territory as a refuge to plan additional attacks against America. I didn't agree to negotiations with the Taliban. "
As the former National Security Adviser said: "The nuclear agreement was a mistake of the first, and its revival will give the United States and the rest of the world a false sense of protection and security and that Iran's nuclear program has been contained."
He continued: "I believe that as long as Iran continues to acquire nuclear weapons, which it has been doing for more than 20 years, Tehran will remain a danger to the world."
Bolton recalled: "In international issues, we can deal with this kind of State either by working with them to change their behaviour or by changing the regime."
He said: "The Iranian people are totally opposed to the Iranian regime, and if there are ways to dismantle the current regime in Iran, I think the regime will collapse faster than people imagine, because the regime is unstable and there is concern within it, and the Iranian people are tired of 40 years of mismanagement and repression."