Gen. McKenzie Admits Taliban Offered US Control of Kabul During Withdrawal - But He Didn't Accept

[excalibur]

The utter incompetence of Biden and his [mal]administration is mind-boggling.

During his testimony before the House today, CENTCOM head Gen. Frank McKenzie confirmed something that we reported last month – that during a meeting that McKenzie had with the Taliban leader Abdul Ghani Baradar, he was offered the full control of Kabul while evacuation operations were completed.

It was an astonishing report revealed last month – that they had the opportunity to provide a safe withdrawal with the whole city being a buffer around the airport, offered by the Taliban – but turned it down instead opting for the unsafe, completely endangered and at-risk situation they ended up with, at the mercy of the Taliban. It’s likely why U.S. service members and Afghans were killed in the suicide attack.

Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) grilled McKenzie on the question.

From Daily Wire:

“I met with Mullah Baradar on 15 August to pass a message to him that we were withdrawing, and if they attempted to disrupt that withdrawal we would punish them severely for that,” McKenzie began.
“But did he offer for you to have security over all of Kabul, not just the airport?” Gallagher interjected.
“As part of that conversation, [Baradar] said, ‘well, why don’t you just take security of all of Kabul?’ That was not why I was there, that was not my instruction, and we did not have the resources to undertake that mission,” McKenzie said.
“I did not consider that to be a formal offer and it was not the reason why I was there, so I did not pursue it,” he said later in the questioning.
Asked if the offer to remain in control of Kabul was relayed to President Joe Biden, McKenzie stated, “The offer was made in the presence of the president’s special representative to Afghanistan” before adding that he did not know if the offer was then reported to the White House.

McKenzie basically indicated he killed the offer because he was locked into the orders he had that he was just there to do an evacuation. But he didn’t think it was important enough to mention it to Joe Biden? Or Secretary of Defense Austin? It makes no sense why would you not take the opportunity to have a safer situation that was offered.

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Gen. McKenzie Admits Taliban Offered US Control of Kabul During Withdrawal - But He Didn't Accept

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[westwall]

The utter incompetence of Biden and his [mal]administration is mind-boggling.

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During his testimony before the House today, CENTCOM head Gen. Frank McKenzie confirmed something that we reported last month – that during a meeting that McKenzie had with the Taliban leader Abdul Ghani Baradar, he was offered the full control of Kabul while evacuation operations were completed.​

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It was an astonishing report revealed last month – that they had the opportunity to provide a safe withdrawal with the whole city being a buffer around the airport, offered by the Taliban – but turned it down instead opting for the unsafe, completely endangered and at-risk situation they ended up with, at the mercy of the Taliban. It’s likely why U.S. service members and Afghans were killed in the suicide attack.​

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Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) grilled McKenzie on the question.​

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McKenzie basically indicated he killed the offer because he was locked into the orders he had that he was just there to do an evacuation. But he didn’t think it was important enough to mention it to Joe Biden? Or Secretary of Defense Austin? It makes no sense why would you not take the opportunity to have a safer situation that was offered.​

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Gen. McKenzie Admits Taliban Offered US Control of Kabul During Withdrawal - But He Didn't Accept

redstate.com

Stupidity at that level deserves nothing less than a noose.

 

[Obiwan]

 

[Votto]

The utter incompetence of Biden and his [mal]administration is mind-boggling.

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During his testimony before the House today, CENTCOM head Gen. Frank McKenzie confirmed something that we reported last month – that during a meeting that McKenzie had with the Taliban leader Abdul Ghani Baradar, he was offered the full control of Kabul while evacuation operations were completed.​

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It was an astonishing report revealed last month – that they had the opportunity to provide a safe withdrawal with the whole city being a buffer around the airport, offered by the Taliban – but turned it down instead opting for the unsafe, completely endangered and at-risk situation they ended up with, at the mercy of the Taliban. It’s likely why U.S. service members and Afghans were killed in the suicide attack.​

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Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) grilled McKenzie on the question.​

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McKenzie basically indicated he killed the offer because he was locked into the orders he had that he was just there to do an evacuation. But he didn’t think it was important enough to mention it to Joe Biden? Or Secretary of Defense Austin? It makes no sense why would you not take the opportunity to have a safer situation that was offered.​

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Gen. McKenzie Admits Taliban Offered US Control of Kabul During Withdrawal - But He Didn't Accept

redstate.com

Orange man bad

Besides, January 6th.

 

[candycorn]

Thank goodness they said no.

For one thing, with 2500 troops...you're not going to control a city of that size...

For another thing, that would have meant putting more targets for terrorists out there.

Joe made the right call...as usual.

 

[Bobob]

The utter incompetence of Biden and his [mal]administration is mind-boggling.

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During his testimony before the House today, CENTCOM head Gen. Frank McKenzie confirmed something that we reported last month – that during a meeting that McKenzie had with the Taliban leader Abdul Ghani Baradar, he was offered the full control of Kabul while evacuation operations were completed.​

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It was an astonishing report revealed last month – that they had the opportunity to provide a safe withdrawal with the whole city being a buffer around the airport, offered by the Taliban – but turned it down instead opting for the unsafe, completely endangered and at-risk situation they ended up with, at the mercy of the Taliban. It’s likely why U.S. service members and Afghans were killed in the suicide attack.​

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Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) grilled McKenzie on the question.​

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From Daily Wire:​

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McKenzie basically indicated he killed the offer because he was locked into the orders he had that he was just there to do an evacuation. But he didn’t think it was important enough to mention it to Joe Biden? Or Secretary of Defense Austin? It makes no sense why would you not take the opportunity to have a safer situation that was offered.​

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Gen. McKenzie Admits Taliban Offered US Control of Kabul During Withdrawal - But He Didn't Accept

redstate.com

That was NOT a formal offer and was a flap in the breeze which meant nothing. If the General believes that we did not have the assets to control Kabul, this would mean an infusion of troops to make that happen, maybe, and may result in more US deaths. His point is well taken.

 

[Claudette]

candycorn
Good Lord are you a biased hack. Ready to defend the stuttering fuck you voted for.

If the US controlled Kabul we could have gotten everyone out along with whatever military hardware we were shipping home. The Taliban made the offer and the Bidung administration turned it down. So now we have Americans and friendlies still in the Stan. The Taliban are already hanging Afghani's.

Keep applauding that nit wit.

 

[pknopp]

Kabul wasn't ours to control.

 

[Bobob]

candycorn
Good Lord are you a biased hack. Ready to defend the stuttering fuck you voted for.

If the US controlled Kabul we could have gotten everyone out along with whatever military hardware we were shipping home. The Taliban made the offer and the Bidung administration turned it down. So now we have Americans and friendlies still in the Stan. The Taliban are already hanging Afghani's.

Keep applauding that nit wit.

If the queen had balls, she would be king. IF IF IF

 

[Flash]

My god this Biden administration is incompetent.

No wonder the sonofabitch was booed at the Congressional baseball game last night.

 

[22lcidw]

Thank goodness they said no.

For one thing, with 2500 troops...you're not going to control a city of that size...

For another thing, that would have meant putting more targets for terrorists out there.

Joe made the right call...as usual.

For more then 4 years we were told Progs know better in everything. Everything! Non Progs are questioning this because we seem to have a nation is much more disarray and a world on the brink of something nasty. What happened? Did Trump screw over Black people? Or gay people? Or women? Particularly extreme feminists? He did not. He did however not infringe on people of religion.. particularly Christians. Which is unlike what Progs have done. They even push themselves as the same. We know they are not.

 

[westwall]

If the queen had balls, she would be king. IF IF IF

It's not an IF. Moron. It is a fact. The "experts" you assholes put in place are responsible for the deaths of countless thousands of people now, and in the future to come. I hope you are one of them. You deserve that karmic bitch slap.

 

[colfax_m]

If the US controlled Kabul

We couldn’t control Kabul by ourselves. Not without stringing out our forces and making us extremely vulnerable.

 

[Claudette]

colfax_m
Sure we could. The Taliban offered and they wouldn't have offered if they didn't mean to keep their word. Our guys were stupid not to take that offer.

The Taliban wanted all Americans out of the Stan so they would do what they could to make that happen. Bidungs administration are idiots.

 

[pknopp]

colfax_m
Sure we could. The Taliban offered and they wouldn't have offered if they didn't mean to keep their word. Our guys were stupid not to take that offer.

The Taliban wanted all Americans out of the Stan so they would do what they could to make that happen. Bidungs administration are idiots.

Kabul does not belong to us. It was far past time for all troops to leave.

 

[Claudette]

pknopp
Are you stupid. Yes you are. We owned Afghanistan so every thing there could be used by the US.

Good Lord.

 

[colfax_m]

colfax_m
Sure we could. The Taliban offered and they wouldn't have offered if they didn't mean to keep their word. Our guys were stupid not to take that offer.

The Taliban wanted all Americans out of the Stan so they would do what they could to make that happen. Bidungs administration are idiots.

We would have been more vulnerable to ISIS-K if our military has to manage the entire city.

 

[Claudette]

colfax_m
Not the entire city. All our people would have been told when and where to go. All we needed to secure was the airport.

 

[pknopp]

pknopp
Are you stupid. Yes you are. We owned Afghanistan so every thing there could be used by the US.

Good Lord.

This would be funny if not so sad.

 

[Bobob]

It's not an IF. Moron. It is a fact. The "experts" you assholes put in place are responsible for the deaths of countless thousands of people now, and in the future to come. I hope you are one of them. You deserve that karmic bitch slap.

No, asshole, it is not a fact. It is a fact that we would be unable to control Kabul with only 2500 troops, and it was not a formal offer according to the General who had that conversation with the Taliban. American troops would be exposed to terror tactics and suffer more casualties. DUH. The asshole tump, who was in charge, put thousands of people at risk. Tump "knows more than the Generals." Really? The fucking guy didn't even discuss his silly plan with the military. He makes decisions with his "gut"--remember?