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After the decision to pull all forces out of Afghanistan, Mulroy was against closing down Bagram Air Base until all American Citizens and Special Immigrant Visas were evacuated.<ref>https://abcnews.go.com/WNN/video/future-afghanistan-79476466</ref><ref>https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/taliban-takeover-raises-questions-potential-intelligence-failures-79506775</ref> He became heavily involved in the volunteer effort to help Afghan escape from Afghanistan in a group call “TF Dunkirk.” This group was made up primarily of former military and intelligence veterans.<ref>https://abcnews.go.com/International/us-special-operations-forces-race-save-afghan-comrades/story?id=79583150</ref>
After the decision to pull all forces out of Afghanistan, Mulroy was against closing down Bagram Air Base until all American Citizens and Special Immigrant Visas were evacuated.<ref>https://abcnews.go.com/WNN/video/future-afghanistan-79476466</ref><ref>https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/taliban-takeover-raises-questions-potential-intelligence-failures-79506775</ref> He became heavily involved in the volunteer effort to help Afghan escape from Afghanistan in a group call “TF Dunkirk.” This group was made up primarily of former military and intelligence veterans.<ref>https://abcnews.go.com/International/us-special-operations-forces-race-save-afghan-comrades/story?id=79583150</ref>
=== Ukraine ===
Mulroy’s former CIA unit, the Special Activities Center, was reportedly the main partner of Ukrainian Special Forces starting in 2015. This partnership included training in irregular warfare tactics including small unit leadership, sniper operations, and others.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-secret-cia-training-program-in-ukraine-helped-kyiv-prepare-for-russian-invasion-090052743.html|title=Exclusive: Secret CIA training program in Ukraine helped Kyiv prepare for Russian invasion|date=16 March 2022|publisher=[[Yahoo! News]]|author-first=Zach|author-last=Dorfman|access-date=17 May 2022}}</ref> Mulroy was a vocal opponent of supporting the Ukrainian effort before and after the [[Russia-Ukraine war|invasion by Russia]] on 24 February 2022.
He specifically told the New York Times that "we need to support the opposition to the invasion and the occupation in all possible ways" and advocated for providing the Ukrainians with air, ship, and missile defense, man-portable air, and armor missiles, direct intelligence support, tactical vehicles and helicopters, and other advanced weapons systems.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/24/us/politics/ukraine-russia-whats-next.html|title=Beyond the Battlefield: What Might Happen Next in the Ukraine Crisis|date=24 February 2022|publisher=[[The New York Times]]|first1=Lara|last1=Jakes|first2=Eric|last2=Schmitt|first3=Edward|last3=Wong|access-date=17 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ukraine-pleads-western-war-planes-us-deliver/story?id=83298160|title=Ukraine pleads for Western warplanes. Will the US help deliver?|date=8 March 2022|publisher=[[ABC News]]|first=Conor|last=Finnegan|access-date=17 May 2022}}</ref>
In an op-ed for ABC News prior to the invasion, Mulroy advocated for isolating Russian economically as well as diplomatically including removing Russian from key diplomatic posts, and for providing direct intelligence and military support to their efforts from within neighboring countries.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/us-work-allies-collectively-isolate-russia-analysis/story?id=83088984|title=How the US could work with its allies to collectively isolate Russia: ANALYSIS|date=26 February 2022|first=Mick|last=Mulroy|publisher=The Go Network|access-date=17 May 2022}}</ref>
After the invasion, he was very critical of the alleged war crimes of Russia against the civilian population of Ukraine. He stated that essentially the Russian invasion was a series of war crimes, masquerading as a military operation, and advocated for holding all those responsible for these actions in an international tribunal or criminal court.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/video/white-house-russia-intends-destroy-ukrainian-forces-east-83872507|title=White House: Russia intends to destroy Ukrainian forces in the east|publisher=The Go Network|access-date=17 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/03/16/russia-military-ukraine-cluster-munitions-civilian-casualties/|title=Bogged-Down Russian Troops Resort to Deadly Cluster Munitions|date=16 March 2022|first1=Sara|last1=Hagos|first2=Jack|last2=Detsch|publisher=[[Foreign Policy]]|access-date=17 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/video/russia-investigate-claims-alleged-mass-graves-82935484|title=Russia to investigate claims of alleged mass graves|publisher=The Go Network|access-date=17 May 2022}}</ref>
Mulroy said that modern warfare required a decentralized command in which junior officers and non-commissioned officers could make decisions and are delegated authority. He said that is likely one reason the Russian military was performing so poorly. On the issue of U.S. Intelligence being used to help the Ukrainians target Russian ships and General officers, he said "targeting generals is fully lawful, targeting non-combatant civilians is not." Mulroy said that "if Russian generals don't want to be targeted, they should withdraw their forces and return to Russia."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/officials-push-back-report-us-intel-helping-ukraine/story?id=84518393|title=Officials push back on report US intel helping Ukraine target Russian generals|date=6 May 2022|publisher=The Go Network|first=Matt|last=Seyler|access-date=17 May 2022}}</ref>
== Comments on civil-military relations ==
== Comments on civil-military relations ==