Ex-head of the CIA David Petreus called the worsening situation in Afghanistan “Catastrophic” not only for the United States, but also around the world.
“This is a serious impact on national security, and the situation will deteriorate if we do not decide to take really serious actions,” Petreus said in an interview with Radio WABC.
Petreus said he was concerned about “a few months ago” about the “psychological collapse”, which will happen when Afghan forces will understand that they cannot get the level of support to which they are accustomed to the fight against the Taliban.
Ex-director of the CIA said that the United States will be threatened not to “al-Qaeda” and ISIL, the consequences of collapse of Afghanistan as a real threat.
“Remember what happened when Syria melted. We used to call it” geopolitical Chernobyl “,” he added, reflecting on violence, extremism and “tsunami refugees”, from which not only neighboring countries, but also European allies suffered .