16 minutes agoTrump says there are no plans to withdraw American troops involved in Iran's war
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(17 days ago)President Donald Trump said he does not plan to withdraw approximately 50,000 troops involved in Iran's war until"we have an end to"in the country.
"I do not consider (body) at risk", Trump moderator of"Meet the Press", Kristen Welker, during a wide interview recorded on Friday and published Sunday.
We have the best defense anyone has ever seen. We have the best attack anyone has ever seen. So I don't consider it a risk", he added, transmits Telegrafi.
I'd say it'd be reckless to do that because maybe we could use", the American president stressed.
During the interview, Trump compared the number of victims in Iran's operation to the US war in Vietnam, during which the US lost more than 58,000 troops.
We've lost 13 people here and that's too much. Thirteen people, many", Trump said.
But if you look at Vietnam, where hundreds of thousands of people were killed, if you see any of the last seven or eight wars where many, many people were killed, we lost 13. And again, 13 are too many. I don't want to lose anyone. But 13 is less than anyone has ever imagined. I think we're doing a great job”, he added.
Thirteen American soldiers were killed in connection with the conflict. Six soldiers were killed on March 1st following an Iranian attack on the town of Shuaiba in Kuwait.
A soldier died on March 8th after an attack by Iran at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, and six soldiers died on March 12th when a KC-135 fuel supply plane U.S. Air Force Stratotanker crashed in western Iraq. /Telegraphy/
