Harris Hails Biden’s ‘Courage’ on Third Anniversary of His Kabul Bombing Disaster
John Hayward 26 Aug 2024
On the third anniversary of the Kabul airport bombing that killed 13 American service members and 170 Afghans during President Joe Biden’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan, Vice President Kamala Harris put out a statement praising Biden’s “courageous” decision to withdraw and insisted he made no mistakes worth mentioning.
Harris, who took over as 2024 presidential candidate after the ailing Biden was forced out of the race by Democrat Party leaders, claimed she “mourns and honors” the 13 fallen Americans every day, but took zero responsibility for the string of disastrous errors and lapses in judgment that got them killed.
Instead, after some boilerplate language praising the “extraordinary skill, discipline, and dedication” of the murdered U.S. service members, she praised Biden for his chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan:
As I have said, President Biden made the courageous and right decision to end America’s longest war. Over the past three years, our Administration has demonstrated we can still eliminate terrorists, including the leaders of al-Qaeda and ISIS, without troops deployed into combat zones. I will never hesitate to take whatever action necessary to counter terrorist threats and protect the American people and the homeland.
Harris has previously boasted she was the “last person in the room” when the decision to launch the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan was made.
Biden’s office also released a statement on the third anniversary of the Kabul bombing that took no responsibility for the withdrawal disaster. As with the Harris statement, Biden’s staffers merely repeated the names of the fallen service members, and insisted the pullout from Afghanistan has not hindered U.S. counter-terrorist activity in the region.
Biden himself vanished from public view on the Kabul bombing anniversary. According to the White House, he has embarked on what amounts to a 13-day vacation from office. The White House gave no indication of who will make executive decisions in his absence.
Contrary to Biden and Harris’ claims, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) commander Gen. Erik Kurilla said in 2023 that the botched withdrawal created a “reduction in collection, analytical resources, and Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance assets” that has “challenged” U.S. efforts against al-Qaeda and ISIS.
“While we can see the broad contours of attack planning, we lack the granularity to see the complete threat picture,” Kurilla said.
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