'Biden, Generals Went Against 200 Years of Military Mindset and Honor' in Abandoning Afghan Interpreters
By Jennifer Van Laar | Oct 19, 2021 7:00 AM ET
As we watched Afghanistan fall to the Taliban in mid-August, and through the time we surrendered on August 30, we were astonished at the ineptitude displayed by the Biden administration in every facet of the operation, but we weren’t astonished that we were being lied to. We all knew when White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki continually insisted that every American who wanted to get out of Afghanistan had been evacuated that she wasn’t telling the truth. We knew that the administration’s promise to get those Afghans who worked with us during 20 years of war out of the country was worth nothing. We just didn’t know how bad the truth was.
Now the truth is starting to come to light, and it shows that it wasn’t just Biden who had a lackadaisical attitude about leaving Americans and trusted Afghan allies – to whom we’d made sacred promises – behind. Even some of our top military commanders, including Gen. Milley, Gen. McKenzie, and Gen. Donahue, were okay with turning people away at the gate and essentially leaving them behind on the runway.
In one specific instance we reported a few weeks ago, at least 50 people, including Americans and Afghan personnel, were left behind at the airport in Kabul during the last hours of the Afghanistan withdrawal so Maj. Gen. Chris Donahue could load a Taliban Toyota Hilux with a rear-mounted Russian anti-aircraft cannon onto the airplane as a war trophy.
Donahue claims that the Hilux is not a war trophy and that no “personnel” were left behind in order to accommodate it, but the claim doesn’t hold water.
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