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Commander in charge of Kabul evacuation slams the White House and Jill Biden for being a 'distraction' during chaos: Claims high-profile pestering for special favors to get allies out slowed military down
Commander slams White House for being a 'distraction'
Rear Adm. Peter Vasely said that the withdrawal was made more chaotic by people like First Lady Jill Biden, Pope Francis, the White House and Congress calling in for special favors to help get out certain people.
www.dailymail.co.uk
- Vasely said the Pentagon was being pulled in all different directions from Biden officials, lawmakers, members of the media and even the Vatican
- He called the requests a 'distraction' that created competition for 'already stressed resources'
- The Pentagon's standard priority had been to first evacuate American citizens, then lawful permanent residents, then Afghans who aided the U.S.
- Demands poured in at such a high volume that Vasely felt the need to take certain forces away from the established rescue plan
Vasely said the Pentagon was being pulled in all different directions from Biden officials, lawmakers, members of the media and even the Vatican as it carried out the largest evacuation since Vietnam ahead of the Taliban takeover.
Commentary:
Don't be surprised if Gen. Mark Milley, who held himself completely blameless on the entire Afghanistan Withdrawal fiasco (I Was Only Following Joe Bidens Orders) now goes after Navy Rear Admiral Perter Vasely with a vengeance for these comments. With emphasis on vengeance. If there is one thing that Gen. Milley seems to dislike particularly, its the truth.
The clusterfuck of Afghanistan should have been expected when no one in the White House and the State Department has any military experience. They are all politicians. They have no concept of how meddling creates chaos in the military planning process.
The root cause of the Afghanistan screwup is that the Biden and his advisors didn't honor previous promises made to the Taliban. Such as, we will bomb you into oblivion if you mess with us on the way out. But no, Biden did absolutely nothing when Taliban forces tested the American response after they took village after village and province after province until they were right on the doorstep of Kabul and only then was there a rushed and chaotic evacuation. The Taliban should have been stomped the moment they crossed any line.
The Biden Admin pulled out the troops who would have been doing the stomping and that told the Taliban they were free to start capturing territory. When nothing happened, the Taliban kept capturing more and more territory.