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Pete Hegseth: “Afghanistan just didn't exist [in terms of infrastructure…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Published | Video Starts at 34:40

Iraq has at least had a little bit of a modern streak in it because it had, had, had infrastructure and oil wealth and some things that a dictator that created, you know, some level of education. There was a little bit there. Afghanistan just didn't exist [in terms of infrastructure and modernity compared to Iraq]. So again, I got to know a lot of wonderful Afghans, some of which one I interviewed on my show just a couple of days ago. (34:40–34:43)

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Asserts that Afghanistan lacked infrastructure and modernity compared to Iraq.

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