Desperate Afghans falling to their deaths after clinging to a jetliner's wheels. Thirteen Marines slaughtered at an airport gate. The Taliban jubilantly seizing control of the country they once were rousted from. Thousands of American-friendly civilians scrambling to hide or flee.
A year later, the images of the bungled U.S. withdrawal from 20 years of war in Afghanistan remain fresh in most Americans' minds, the globe is less stable amidst declining respect for the U.S., and the Biden administration's shifting explanations for the tragedy have been eviscerated by the simple assessment of the Central Command's top general, who pleaded unsuccessfully with President Joe Biden to keep a small contingent of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan.
"It was a mistake," Gen. Kenneth McKenzie told senators a few short months ago in blunt testimony still sinking into the minds of Washington policymakers.
'A mistake': Top general's assessment undercuts Biden excuses for bungled Afghan withdrawal
- by: John Solomon
- 2022-08-21
- Source:
Just the News
- 08/22/2022
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