Rubio Praises Trump's Afghan Strategy

The Afghanistan strategy laid out by President Donald Trump was "put together the right way," Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., tweeted Monday.

New #AfghanStrategy based on the conditions on ground not on arbitrary numbers and timelines is the right approach

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) August 22, 2017

Goal of new #AfghanStrategy is peace by defeating #ISIS #AQ & #Taliban much better that previous admin goal to get out by certain date

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) August 22, 2017

Good #AfghanStrategy & excellent speech by @POTUS laying it out to the nation.

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) August 22, 2017

#AfghanStrategy laid out by @POTUS was put together the right way. Careful review & consideration of multiple views & ideas. Very good.

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) August 22, 2017

The president's plan calls for a modest troop increase, an approach opposite of the one he touted in campaign rhetoric because he had determined the approach to pull solders out could create a vacuum that terrorists could "instantly fill."

"I concluded that the security threats we face in Afghanistan and the broader region are immense," Trump said.

Rubio tweeted Trump made the decision "based on information now available to him in office and on advice of wide array of experts," in response to commentators "attacking him" for the change.

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