'I hope I'm wrong': GOP lawmaker explains mixed feelings over leaving Afghanistan in Taliban control
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Republican Congressman and US military veteran Adam Kinzinger on Monday reflected on the closing of America's longest war, saying that while he's relieved, Afghanistan now being under Taliban control has left him with mixed emotions.
"At the one hand, it's great relief that we got those thousands of military members out without further incident besides, you know, the one tragic bombing, because that's really difficult to do," Kinzinger told CNN's Jake Tapper on "The Lead." "On the other hand, it's kind of like a mix of sadness, because I have this sense of, you know, a number of Americans, a number of allies that we've left behind." "I know that the Taliban's kind of good front they've put up is going to disappear soon. And so it's kind of a mixed feeling," he added. "I hope I'm wrong, and I hope, you know, maybe we have this magical relationship and the Taliban decides they want to liberalize and give women rights and not have retribution against people that fought against them. I really hope so, but unfortunately I don't foresee that happening."
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