The Neo-GOP lies about the US Military prove they are anti-America.
"..... So, once he made the decision, then of course, from a military perspective,
in terms of the retrograde of the people and the equipment, that planning was done by Central Command, and certainly principally, by General Miller. Very detailed planning, and then we came back and briefed the entire interagency on the details of that plan.
Senator Warren: (
02:03:03)
Okay. So the military planned the evacuation. Did President Biden follow your advice on executing on the evacuation plan?
Sec. Austin: (
02:03:12)
He did.
Senator Warren: (
02:03:15)
Did President Biden give you all the resources that you needed?
Sec. Austin: (
02:03:21)
From my view, he did.
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Senator Warren: (
02:03:22)
Did President Biden ignore your advice on the evacuation at he point?
Sec. Austin: (
02:03:30)
No Senator, he did not.
Senator Warren: (
02:03:32)
Did he refuse any request for anything that you needed or asked for?
Sec. Austin: (
02:03:37)
No.
Senator Warren: (
02:03:38)
So the President followed the advice of his military advisors in planning and executing this withdrawal. As we’ve already established, the seeds for our, or in Afghanistan were planted many, many years ago. So let me ask you one more question, Secretary Austin, knowing what you know now, if we had stayed in Afghanistan for another year, would it have made a fundamental difference?
Sec. Austin: (
02
05)
Again, it depends on what size you remain in at, and what your objectives are. There are a range of possibilities, but
if you stayed there at a forced posture of 2,500, certainly you’d be in a fight with the Taliban, and you’d have to reinforce yourself.
Senator Warren: (
0227)
I appreciate your looking at it as a fighter, but I would also add, one more year of propping up a corrupt government, and an army that wouldn’t fight on its own was not going to give us a different outcome. And anyone who thinks differently is either fooling himself, or trying to fool the rest of us.
Senator Warren: (
0245)
I believe President Biden had it exactly right. Withdrawing was long overdue.
The withdrawal was conducted in accordance with the advice of his military advisors, who planned and executed every step of this withdrawal. Thank you, Madame Chair.
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