Panetta Compares Afghanistan Exit to Bay of Pigs

“Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta compared the fall of the democratic government in Afghanistan over the weekend to the failed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961,” The Hill reports.

Said Panetta: “I think of John Kennedy and the Bay of Pigs. It unfolded quickly and the president thought that everything would be fine and that was not the case.”

He added: “President Kennedy took responsibility for what took place. I strongly recommend to President Biden that he take responsibility … admit the mistakes that were made.”