GOP Senator Blocks Promotion Of General Who Took Part In Afghanistan Withdrawal

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GOP Senator Blocks Promotion Of General Who Took Part In Afghanistan Withdrawal

Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma placed a hold on Lt. Gen. Christopher Donahue's promotion.
By  Tim Pearce
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Nov 24, 2024   DailyWire.com

Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma placed a hold on the promotion of Lt. Gen. Christopher Donahue that would have elevated him to lead U.S. Army forces in Europe.

Donahue is currently a three-star general who was nominated to become a four-star general by President Joe Biden earlier this month. Donahue was one of the top military officials overseeing the disastrous withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan.

Mullin, who was serving in the House of Representatives at the time of the withdrawal, tried to lead his own outside efforts to extract Americans from Afghanistan, but was repeatedly stymied by the State Department and the Pentagon. Mullin placed a hold on Donahue’s promotion after the Senate approved promotions for hundreds of service members last week, according to The Washington Post.

President-elect Donald Trump has promised to fire all senior officers from the Pentagon who were involved in the withdrawal, which resulted in the deaths of 13 American service members and the loss of billions of dollars in military equipment. U.S. military sites were taken over by the Taliban and thousands of prisoners, many with terror ties, were released.

The Biden administration did not remove any senior military leaders following the chaotic withdrawal, despite security failings that cost the lives of American soldiers and hundreds of Afghans.

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[PeteS in CA]

As I posted here, https://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,547153.0.html , Donahue needs to explain his role in what happened in Afghanistan.

[jafo2010]

I say get rid of every 3 and 4 star senior officer.  Almost all these pukes are Obama/Biden officers, and they need to be purged.  There might be the rare exception, but it should be the rare exception.

And I say bring Mark Miley up on charges of treason.  Throw his *ss in prison and strip him of his pension.  Any senior officer that publicly brags about thwarting the direction of the POTUS, claiming he had an arrangement with the Chinese counterpart IMHO has committed treason, and he should be made an example of what happens when you betray this nation.

If I had my way, he would be indicted, convicted and publicly dispatched.