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Veterans blast Biden admin for protecting 'corrupt politicians' by denying 'chaos' of Afghanistan withdrawal
2023-04-09
[NYPOST] US veterans are blasting the White House as liars for portraying the military withdrawal of Afghanistan as a success — insisting that Biden’s lackeys are abandoning veterans to protect "corrupt politicians."

The retired soldiers lambasted National Security Council front man John Kirby after he blamed former president Donald Trump
...Perhaps no man has ever had as much fun being president of the US...
for paving the way for the chaotic 2021 evacuation.

Biden, Kirby claimed, had no intention of withdrawing troops before learning of Trump’s promise to the Taliban
...Arabic for students...
— and downplayed the criticism of the rushed evacuation mission, in which 13 US servicemembers bit the dust.

"For all this talk of chaos, I just didn’t see it, not from my perch," said Kirby.

"I just won’t buy the whole argument of chaos.

"It was tough in the first few hours, you would expect it to be."

The military mouthpiece’s comments infuriated veterans across the country.

Chad Robichaux — an Afghanistan war veteran and co-founder of the Save Our Allies group that helped Americans safely escape Afghanistan and Ukraine — accused former Navy rear admiral Kirby of abandoning his loyalties for veterans in favor of "protecting corrupt politicians in DC."

"It is no shocker when Biden or his clown-show press secretaries lie, but to have a former US Navy admiral do the same is a national tragedy," Robichaux seethed to Fox News on Saturday.

"As a fellow veteran it makes me sad to see former military leaders turn on our citizens for personal and political gain."

Posted by:Fred

#6  /\ Super Hose, also terrific PowerPointâ„¢ presentations!
Posted by: magpie   2023-04-09 22:00  

#5  I am sure the Pentagon reviewed the withdrawal at a lower level and awarded a bunch of O-5 types medals for various heroic actions like luggage coordination and superior latrine logistics.
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-04-09 15:51  

#4  Would that Biden felt similarly bound by a lot of other Trump policies.
Posted by: Tom   2023-04-09 13:32  

#3  The liberal neo-cons have exhibited deliberate indifference regarding Afghanistan since the early part of the Obama administration. It progressed to criminal negligence and finally criminally negligent homicide when we lost the 13 troops and who knows how many Afghan partners (there were many good ones) when the country collapsed.

The SecDef demands accountability from his subordinates, but none for himself or his POTUS.
The lack of accountability will lead to another disaster.

Further, there seems to be no interest in uncovering who provided the Taliban the funds to pay an entire country's military and political leadership to surrender. It is possible that China provided the funds to the Taliban and that these funds were derived from the sale of fentanyl to the US...if so, then this was a total complete defeat that makes 9-11 pale in comparison.
Posted by: Tennessee   2023-04-09 09:32  

#2  Trump's deal with the Taliban was a real item but

-it was not ratified by Congress and thus had no legal standing

- the Taliban violated their side of the deal and thus, even it had been ratified, the US was not required to abide by it

- in any event, Biden didn't abide by the Trump deal which called for US forces to be out in May 2021 - Biden's withdrawal was Aug 2021
Posted by: lord garth   2023-04-09 04:29  

#1  These vets are the last people in the whole wide world the DC swamp people should be pissing off right in their back yard.
Posted by: Slats Snore5077   2023-04-09 03:48  

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