Military brass dodge blowback, consequences from Afghanistan withdrawal debacle
By Ben Wolfgang, Ben Wolfang and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times - Wednesday, September 29, 2021
Britain’s foreign secretary faced a severe demotion. The Dutch defense minister resigned.
But in Washington, six weeks after the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan sparked a rapid Taliban takeover, there have been no firings or high-level resignations, nor have any key figures faced true accountability for a series of deadly mistakes that raised serious questions about America’s foreign policy competence.
Top Defense Department officials appeared before Congress for a second time Wednesday in what essentially amounted to two straight days of political theater, with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark A. Milley and other military officials batting down calls for their resignations and seeking to downplay obvious disagreements with President Biden over whether to leave troops in Afghanistan.
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