Man Responsible for Deceiving America on Afghanistan Claims House Afghanistan Report Deceives America
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National Security Council spokesman John Kirby took to the White House podium Monday to launch a scathing attack on the report released by Representative Mike McCaul's House Foreign Affairs Committee detailing the causes of the fiasco that was the US withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021; Blistering House GOP Report on Afghanistan Withdrawal Concludes Biden Ignored Advisors, Lied to America.
The report explored the abject failure of the Biden White House to take into consideration terror threats or develop contingency plans for locating and evacuating US nationals and Afghans who were entitled to refugee status.
1.The Biden-Harris administration was determined to withdraw from Afghanistan, with or without the Doha Agreement and no matter the cost. Accordingly, they ignored the conditions in the Doha Agreement, pleas of the Afghan government, and the objections by our NATO allies, deciding to unilaterally withdraw from the country.
2.The Biden-Harris administration prioritized the optics of the withdrawal over the security of U.S. personnel on the ground. For that reason, they failed to plan for all contingencies, including a noncombatant emergency evacuation (NEO) and refused to order a NEO until after the Taliban had already entered Kabul.
3.The Biden-Harris administration’s failure to prepare for a NEO and order a timely NEO created an unsafe environment at HKIA, exposing U.S. Defense Department and State Department personnel to lethal threats and emotional harm. As a result, 13 U.S. servicemembers were murdered by a terrorist attack on August 26, 2021. It was the deadliest day for the U.S. military in Afghanistan since 2012.
4.In the aftermath of the withdrawal, U.S. national security was degraded as Afghanistan once again became a haven for terrorists, including al Qaeda and ISIS K. America’s credibility on the world stage was severely damaged after we abandoned Afghan allies to Taliban reprisal killings — the people of Afghanistan we had promised to protect. And the moral injury to America’s veterans and those still serving remains a stain on this administration’s legacy.
5.The Biden-Harris administration misled and, in some instances, directly lied to the American people at every stage of the withdrawal, from before the go-to-zero order until today. This coverup included mid-level administration officials all the way up to the Oval Office. And as this investigation reveals, the National Security Council and NSA Jake Sullivan were of the source of the majority of that misinformation campaign.
McCaul followed up the release of the report with a press conference accompanied by Gold Star families from the Abbey Gate tragedy.
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