Administration ‘Proud’ of Afghanistan Withdrawal

[B. Kidd]

Not sure just how the Biden administration could be proud of the Afghanistan withdrawal, but they are.
A lot went wrong that was on Biden, but......

John Kirby, coordinator for strategic communications at the National Security Council, said Thursday that the Biden administration is “proud” of its botched withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.
Kirby appeared at a White House press briefing to discuss the administration’s newly released review of the chaotic withdrawal, which was marked by a suicide bombing at Kabul’s airport that killed 13 American service members and more than 100 Afghans.
That 12-page summary places much of the blame on the Trump administration, saying President Biden was “severely constrained” by former president Trump’s decisions. When Biden entered office, it says, “the Taliban were in the strongest military position that they had been in since 2001, controlling or contesting nearly half of the country.”

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‘All This Talk of Chaos, I Just Didn’t See It’: White House Spokesman Says Administration ‘Proud’ of Afghanistan Withdrawal | National Review

John Kirby appeared at a White House press briefing to discuss the administration’s newly released review of the chaotic withdrawal.

www.nationalreview.com

Biden canceled everything Trump put in place on his first day in office, but had to keep in place the date of withdrawal?????

Ex-MSNBC paid shill Kirby is a lunatic Bidenista bootlicker!! He's on par with Joey's Press Secretary.
They're giving Baghdad Bob a real run for the money. They're pure American Pravda propagandists.

 

[bigrebnc1775]

he got out of Afghanistan in the same way as Trump would have. no difference.

No Biden never used Trump's plan hell Biden did the opposite of everything Trump

 

[airplanemechanic]

isis did that. we got the hell out of that damn country. what a GOP cluster **** that was....

Let's not forget the war was voted on, and approved, by both parties. But don't let that get in the way of your partisan bullshit.

 

[rightwinger]

Not to mention Obama was president for 8 years between Bush and Trump and did nothing to get us out of there. Why does he lay blameless?

Bush was the one who blundered into Afghanistan and Iraq
Subsequent Presidents had to resolve his blunder
That includes Obama, Trump and Biden

Biden finally got us out after 20 years

 

[rightwinger]

Let's not forget the war was voted on, and approved, by both parties. But don't let that get in the way of your partisan bullshit.

What was authorized was to authorize Bush to invade if he felt it was necessary

Bush wasted no time in pulling the trigger

 

[bigrebnc1775]

Bush was the one who blundered into Afghanistan and Iraq
Subsequent Presidents had to resolve his blunder
That includes Obama, Trump and Biden

Biden finally got us out after 20 years

Clinton and the democrats were beating the war drum to invade Iraq

 

[B. Kidd]

Bush was the one who blundered into Afghanistan and Iraq
Subsequent Presidents had to resolve his blunder
That includes Obama, Trump and Biden

Biden finally got us out after 20 years

In true dotard fashion!

Wasn't it cool how Joey let free the majority of Taliban and Al-Qaeda prisoners in the whole of Afghanistan from the Bagram detention center and one ended up killing 13 American soldiers?
This was Joetard's decision and is now applauded by Bidenista's while Joey was pressed for time keeping an eye on his watch when their bodies were returned to Dover.
This administration and anyone who shills for it IS PURE EVIL!!

 

[rightwinger]

In true dotard fashion!

Wasn't it cool how Joey let free the majority of Taliban and Al-Qaeda prisoners in the whole of Afghanistan from the Bagram detention center and one ended up killing 13 American soldiers?
This was Joetard's decision and is now applauded by Bidenista's while Joey was pressed for time keeping an eye on his watch when their bodies were returned to Dover.
This administration and anyone who shills for it IS PURE EVIL!!

Trump released 5000 Taliban Prisoners

 

[rightwinger]

Clinton and the democrats were beating the war drum to invade Iraq

Actually Clinton kept Hussein contained and had no intention of invading

It was Bush who made up the story of WMDs to justify his invasion

 

[B. Kidd]

Trump released 5000 Taliban Prisoners

The suicide bomber was released by Joey from the Bagram detention center.
Call Gen. Kellogg for verification.

Thanks for playing.

 

[francoHFW]

Let's not forget the war was voted on, and approved, by both parties. But don't let that get in the way of your partisan bullshit.

well, so was Biden's effort to get out of afghanistan then. lol. Bush was a total catastrophe all the way and no Democrats were for nation building. What the heck was Bush doing? And he let what's his name get away too. Ignored his terrorism czar before 911. caused the world depression with corrupt deregulation. OMG.

 

[jknowgood]

I thought Hillary was a murderer

She is, but she pays for others to do it.

 

[bigrebnc1775]

Actually Clinton kept Hussein contained and had no intention of invading

It was Bush who made up the story of WMDs to justify his invasion

Actually not true

https://www.gwcommonwealth.com/archives/democrats-believed-iraq-had-wmd-too

 

[Markle]

They have to make stupid illustrations to convince themselves their bumper sticker talking points were really really right all along, Marge!

Which one, of those five, did not turn out to be 100% TRUE?

NONE!

So your point is?

 

[Markle]

Senator King: (01:51:03)
The conditions were not met, but you testified that the troop withdrawals and the release of the 5,000 Taliban prisoners did proceed, even though the conditions had not been met, is that correct?

General Milley: (01:51:14)
That is correct.

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Yeah, an extremely reliable source. Keep up the good work.

Milley confirms he told China he would call ahead of US attack, claims Esper ordered calls based on intel

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley confirmed that he told his Chinese counterpart that he would likely call ahead of any potential U.S. attacks on Beijing.

www.foxnews.com

 

[Markle]

125,000 were evacuated

If Trump intended to destroy equipment,he would not be criticizing Biden for leaving it behind

You can whine, cry, and stomp your feet all you like. The FACT remains that President Biden made shambles of this surrender and virtually anything else he has ever touched during his long and obscure career.

 

[rightwinger]

You can whine, cry, and stomp your feet all you like. The FACT remains that President Biden made shambles of this surrender and virtually anything else he has ever touched during his long and obscure career.

The FACT remains that our President safely evacuated 125,000 people

 

[Markle]

Let's not forget the war was voted on, and approved, by both parties. But don't let that get in the way of your partisan bullshit.

Agreed, 100%.

As did the United Nations after literally hundreds of Resolutions against Iraq going back to the 1960s.

 

[Dante Reawakened]

Not sure just how the Biden administration could be proud of the Afghanistan withdrawal, but they are.
A lot went wrong that was on Biden, but......

John Kirby, coordinator for strategic communications at the National Security Council, said Thursday that the Biden administration is “proud” of its botched withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.
Kirby appeared at a White House press briefing to discuss the administration’s newly released review of the chaotic withdrawal, which was marked by a suicide bombing at Kabul’s airport that killed 13 American service members and more than 100 Afghans.
That 12-page summary places much of the blame on the Trump administration, saying President Biden was “severely constrained” by former president Trump’s decisions. When Biden entered office, it says, “the Taliban were in the strongest military position that they had been in since 2001, controlling or contesting nearly half of the country.”

​

‘All This Talk of Chaos, I Just Didn’t See It’: White House Spokesman Says Administration ‘Proud’ of Afghanistan Withdrawal | National Review

John Kirby appeared at a White House press briefing to discuss the administration’s newly released review of the chaotic withdrawal.

www.nationalreview.com

Biden canceled everything Trump put in place on his first day in office, but had to keep in place the date of withdrawal?????

Trump Strikes a Deal​

Feb. 29, 2020 — U.S. and Taliban sign an agreement that sets the terms for a U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan by May 1, 2021, but do not release two classified annexes that set the conditions for U.S. withdrawal. At the time of the agreement, the U.S. had about 13,000 troops in Afghanistan, according to a Department of Defense inspector general report.


The withdrawal of U.S. troops is contingent on the “Taliban’s action against al-Qaeda and other terrorists who could threaten us,” Trump says in a speech at the Conservative Political Active Conference. (U.S. withdrawals, however, occurred despite the fact that the Defense Department inspector general’s office repeatedly reported that the Taliban worked with al-Qaeda.)


The pact includes the release of 5,000 Taliban fighters who have been held prisoners by the Afghanistan government, which is not a party to the agreement.


March 1, 2020 — Afghan President Ashraf Ghani objects to a provision in the agreement that would require his country to release 5,000 Taliban prisoners. “Freeing Taliban prisoners is not [under] the authority of America but the authority of the Afghan government,” Ghani says. “There has been no commitment for the release of 5,000 prisoners.”


March 4, 2020 — Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley tells the Senate Armed Services Committee that the Taliban pledged in the classified documents not to attack U.S. troops and coalition forces or launch “high-profile attacks,” including in Afghanistan’s 34 provincial capitals. “[T]he Taliban have signed up to a whole series of conditions … all the Members of the Congress have all the documents associated with this agreement,” Milley says.


Despite the agreement, the Taliban attack Afghan forces in Helmand province, and the U.S. responds with an air strike.


March 10, 2020 — Under pressure from the U.S., Ghani orders the release of 1,500 Taliban prisoners, but at the rate of 100 per day.


May 19, 2020 — In releasing its quarterly report on Afghanistan, the DOD inspector general’s office says the U.S. cut troop levels in Afghanistan by more than 4,000, even though “the Taliban escalated violence further after signing the agreement.”


“U.S. officials stated the Taliban must reduce violence as a necessary condition for continued U.S. reduction in forces and that remaining high levels of violence could jeopardize the U.S.-Taliban agreement,” according to the report, which covered activity from Jan. 1, 2020, to March 31, 2020. “Even still, the United States began to reduce its forces in Afghanistan from roughly 13,000 to 8,600.”

Timeline of U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan - FactCheck.org

We lay out many of the key diplomatic decisions, military actions, presidential pronouncements and expert assessments of the withdrawal agreement that ended the U.S. military's 20-year war in Afghanistan.

www.factcheck.org

 

[Dante Reawakened]

New Woodward/Costa book: Trump secret memo ordering withdrawal from Afghanistan blindsided national security team

Just eight days after the 2020 election, then-President Donald Trump was so determined to end the war in Afghanistan during his presidency that he secretly signed a memo to withdraw all troops by January 15, 2021, according to a new book, "Peril," from journalists Bob Woodward and Robert Costa.

www.cnn.com

Just eight days after the 2020 election, then-President Donald Trump was so determined to end the war in Afghanistan during his presidency that he secretly signed a memo to withdraw all troops by January 15, 2021, according to a new book, “Peril,” from journalists Bob Woodward and Robert Costa.


The November 11 memo, according to the authors, had been secretly drafted by two Trump loyalists and never went through the normal process for a military directive – the secretary of defense, national security adviser and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs had all never seen it. Unpredictable, impulsive, Trump had done an end run around his whole national security team.


In a remarkable scene, the authors write, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley, newly appointed acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller and his new chief of staff Kash Patel were all blindsided when the memo arrived at the Pentagon.


Woodward and Costa reproduced the memo in “Peril.” The directive was titled, “Memorandum for the Acting Secretary of Defense: Withdrawal from Somalia and Afghanistan,” and the memo read: “I hereby direct you to withdraw all US forces from the Federal Republic of Somalia no later than 31 December 2020 and from the Islamic Republican of Afghanistan no later than 15 January 2021. Inform all allied and partner forces of the directives. Please confirm receipt of this order.”


Milley studied the memo and announced he was heading to the White House to confront Trump.





Donald Trump, was determined to leave Afghanistan completely, and his administration engaged the Taliban in formal negotiations, culminating in the February 2020 Doha Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan. The Taliban agreed to prevent al-Qaeda and other terrorist organizations from operating in Afghanistan in return for the withdrawal of all NATO forces from the country.

https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/the-collapse-of-afghanistan/



Woodward book: Worried Trump could 'go rogue,' Milley took top-secret action to protect nuclear weapons


“This is really fucked up and I’m going to see the President. I’m heading over. You guys can come or not,” Milley told Miller and Patel, who joined him on the trip across the Potomac, according to the book.


At the White House, the three men paid a surprise visit to national security adviser Robert O’Brien and showed him the signed memo.


“How did this happen?” Milley asked O’Brien, according to the book. “Was there any process here at all? How does a president do this?”


O’Brien looked at the memo and said, “I have no idea,” according to the authors.


“What do you mean you have no idea? You’re the national security adviser to the President?” Milley responded. “And the secretary of defense didn’t know about this? And the chief of staff to the secretary of defense didn’t know about this? The chairman didn’t know. How the hell does this happen?”


O’Brien took the memo and left. While the officials had briefly debated whether the memo could be a forgery, Trump confirmed to O’Brien that he had signed it.


“Mr. President, you’ve got to have a meeting with the principals,” O’Brien told Trump, according to the book, which Trump agreed to do and the directive was withdrawn.