On Wednesday, House GOP lawmakers held a hearing to expose the disastrous mishandling of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan by the incompetent Biden administration. The hearing centered on the evacuation that resulted in the deaths of several American service members and the abandonment of countless Afghan allies. Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, who chairs the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, condemned the administration for leaving tens of thousands of vulnerable Afghan allies behind, exposing them to the brutality of the Taliban. He characterized the situation as a “systemic breakdown of the federal government at every level,” a damning indictment of the Biden administration’s ineptitude.
The Biden administration’s botched handling of the withdrawal has led to the abandonment of American citizens and allies, who now face the terrifying prospect of Taliban retaliation. During the hearing, lawmakers on the panel listened to heart-wrenching stories of the chaos and despair that unfolded in the final days of the Afghanistan war. Over 120,000 people were evacuated during the August 2021 airlift, but the Biden administration’s incompetence and lack of foresight resulted in countless innocent lives being put at risk. Nearly 800 civilian and military aircraft from more than 30 nations participated in the evacuation as the Taliban swept through the country, exposing the glaring weakness and lack of leadership of the Biden administration.
The Biden administration’s failure has not gone unnoticed by America’s NATO allies, who are disappointed and concerned about the impact on U.S. standing on the global stage. Despite the administration’s attempts to shift blame to the previous administration, President Biden’s hasty decision to withdraw troops based on an arbitrary timeline rather than the situation on the ground has been condemned by experts and members of both parties. The lack of a clear plan to rescue American citizens and allies in Afghanistan is yet another example of the Biden administration’s ineptitude.
The US House Foreign Affairs Committee’s investigation into President Biden’s role in the chaotic US exit from Afghanistan is long overdue. The hearing, and those to come, will shine a light on one of the most catastrophic moments of the Biden presidency. While the Biden administration tries to spin it as a success, the reality is that their incompetence and lack of leadership resulted in the deaths of American service members and the abandonment of countless Afghan allies. The committee will focus on the difficulty of evacuating allies as the US rushed to meet an end-of-August deadline to leave the country.
The US evacuated about 88,500 Afghans in August 2021, but at a steep price. Thirteen service members lost their lives as the military struggled to maintain control of the Hamid Karzai International Airport while Afghan allies were left stranded. Veterans’ groups and lawmakers had long warned that the US was not moving fast enough to process the Special Immigrant Visas given to those who aided military efforts in the country. The first hearing will feature veteran representatives from Task Force Pineapple and Allied Airlift 21, who organized charter flights out of Afghanistan, and Sergeant Tyler Vargas-Andrews, a sniper who was working at the airport gates, among others. Notably absent from the hearing are any Afghan people evacuated during the withdrawal or other representatives from the Afghan community, underscoring the Biden administration’s disregard for their plight.
Lawmakers held the meeting with groups led by volunteers and veterans who conducted flights to assist Afghans seeking refuge from their country. Among these groups was Task Force Pineapple, founded by retired Lt. Col. Scott Mann, a former Green Beret. During the meeting, Mann briefed the lawmakers on the group’s efforts to transport Afghans to safety from the Taliban.
During the hearing, Lt. Col. Scott Mann would go to tell the lawmkaers:
“We didn’t have any resources, or battlefield access or time, but we had something that a lot of people didn’t — relationships and trust.”
During the hearing, Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) said:
“What happened in Afghanistan was a systemic breakdown of the federal government at every level,”
Sgt. Tyler Vargas-Andrews, a 25-year-old Marine sniper, provided a heart-wrenching testimony to lawmakers about the disastrous suicide bombing that severely injured him and others at the Kabul airport. He described the withdrawal as a complete failure and blasted the “inexcusable lack of accountability and negligence” on the part of the Biden administration.
The top Democrat on the committee, Rep. Gregory Meeks, tried to defend Biden’s decision to withdraw from Afghanistan despite the catastrophic consequences. However, the reality is that the administration’s handling of the evacuation was a disaster, as evidenced by numerous hearings on the matter. The US is still dealing with the fallout from the war, and the administration’s mismanagement of the situation has left a bitter taste in the mouths of many Americans.
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One must wonder how quickly censor will act cutting my full of facts comment. As a young man I saw ugly propaganda piece aimed at republican candidate Barry Goldwater (my hero Ronald Reagan was keynote speaker on his convention) I which little girl standing in a meadow, picking the petals of a daisy as she counts from one to ten incorrectly. After she reaches “nine”, she pauses, and a booming male voice is heard counting the numbers backward from “ten”, in a manner similar to the start of a missile launch countdown. A zomm of the video still concentrates on the girl’s right eye until her pupil fills the screen, which is then replaced by the flash and sound of a nuclear explosion. ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riDypP1KfOU) The same despicable method Trump applied today in order to help his Kremlin psychopathic buddy avoid humiliation after brutal aggression on Ukraine ( https://justpatriots.com/donald-trump-is-promising-to-clean-house/ ): “World War III has never been closer than it is right now … We need to clean house of all the warmongers and America Last globalists in the deep state, the Pentagon, the State Department and the National Security industrial complex.” Even Ronald Reagan enemy would not reach so low in their sewage. But all Trump “conservative” propaganda platform either censor any criticism of Putin friend or never dare to have even option for audience commentaries. And why anybody should be surprised. Now we know how he would “prevent Kremlin aggression on Ukraine if he was reelected in 2020: he would give whatever Putin wanted in exchange for Moscow joining Trump crusade against China (https://rferl.org/a/trump-wants-putin-to-join-forces-on-china-former-adviser-says/30916607.html ) ! For this purpose, every time Trump opened his mouth he repeated Putin hallucinations. Trump have been trying to seduce Putin and Putin used his affection as a tool to blackmail Beijing. Examples: As stated by Trump’s “national security adviser”, John Bolton (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io6tlEQBlrs ), if Trump won the election, Putin have been in Kiev long ago because Donald believed that Ukrainians were just … Russians. Because as Trump said just before his friend aggression: . “I knew Putin very well. I got along with him great. He liked me. I liked him. I mean, you know, he’s a tough cookie, got a lot of the great charm and a lot of pride. But the way he — and he loves his country, you know? He loves his country” explained Trump on the eve of last year Putin brutal assault on Ukraine; https://www.clayandbuck.com/president-trump-with-cb-from-mar-a-lago/ . This disgusting statement actually conform to other hallucination when he justified if not endorsed Russia’s invasion of Afghanistan “The reason Russia was in Afghanistan was because terrorists were going into Russia. They were right to be there” ( https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2019/01/02/president-trump-former-soviet-union-right-invade-afghanistan/2466897002/ .. ), Trump said during January 2, 2019 cabinet meeting”
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I remember my father was told if he voted for Goldwater we would be in a war. He voted for Goldwater and, guess what, we were embroiled in the Vietnam war that killed almost 60.000 Americans and they still refuse to completely cooperate with us for the countless MIA/POW. Oops, I mean police action which is why Jane Fonda was not prosecuted for treason for aiding the enemy.
well it is sad to see when hate like yours overflows any sense of sanity–
you are sick and in need of psychological help–
my reply was to mirek-the train wreck not tim-