{"id":154606,"date":"2024-03-20T10:56:43","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T14:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=154606"},"modified":"2024-03-20T10:56:43","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T14:56:43","slug":"milley-mckenzie-testify-on-a-stan-debacle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=154606","title":{"rendered":"Milley, McKenzie Testify on A-Stan Debacle"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBiden Foreign Policy<\/em><\/p>\n

These military leaders advised Biden against withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan. What are they saying now?<\/h3>\n

Story by Payton Davis<\/strong><\/p>\n

Military leaders who advised President Joe Biden against the 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan testified about it before Congress on Tuesday for the first time since their retirements.<\/p>\n

Former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Mark Milley and former U.S. Central Command Commander Gen. Kenneth McKenzie took questions from members of the House of Representatives at a hearing attended by family members of U.S. service members who died during the withdrawal.<\/p>\n

Milley and McKenzie gave \u201cdire\u201d warnings of the consequences of leaving Afghanistan without better planning, and Biden ignored them, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said prior to questioning.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you fail to plan, you plan to fail,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd fail they did.\u201d
\nThe retired generals faced tough questions from members of the Foreign Affairs Committee on the withdrawal, what happened prior and who was culpable.
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\nDuring fallout from the withdrawal, Biden made statements that contradict Milley\u2019s recounting of events, according to BBC. Biden said generals never advised him to leave 2,500 troops at the Bagram airbase in Afghanistan. Milley said he advised Biden \u201cto maintain a stay behind force.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe more I listen to this hearing, the more infuriated I get,\u201d Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., said.<\/p>\n

Looking back on the Afghanistan operation as a whole, Milley called it a \u201cstrategic failure.\u201d He added the military did its job and what was asked of it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

MSN<\/a><\/p>\n

Absolutely no surprises, and I eagerly await the response Joe’s Handlers come up with. This should be topic #2 during a Presidential Debate, which I also eagerly await.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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