As RedState reported, Gen. Frank McKenzie, the former CENTCOM Commander, and Gen. Mark Milley, retired Joint Chiefs Chair, both testified during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing Tuesday on President Joe Biden's deadly Afghanistan withdrawal, with McKenzie, in particular, shining the harshest spotlight on the failures of the Biden administration.
The August 2021 withdrawal and Abbey Gate terrorist attack, which some political observers say was the turning point for Joe Biden's approval ratings, left 13 United States servicemen and women dead along with 170 Afghan civilians. It also left scores more (including civilians and allies) either injured or left behind. It would also later claim the lives of 10 innocent Afghan family members as a result of a Kabul drone strike conducted by the U.S., which the Pentagon later acknowledged was a "tragic mistake."
During the Tuesday hearing, Gen. Milley confirmed that some of the Afghan allies who helped the United States suffered greatly in the aftermath of the withdrawal:
Gen. Milley: “I think some of the Afghans were tracked down that worked with us and I think some of them were killed. I'm pretty certain some of them in pretty brutal way.” pic.twitter.com/YjOH9peMLD
— Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) March 19, 2024
So with all of that in mind, and the fact that to date no one has been held accountable for what happened, it was understandable that some folks saw red after reading this Politico headline on the hearing:
Republicans fixate on messy Afghanistan withdrawal
They also threw in a "chaotic exit" and a "bbbut Trump" for good measure in the article itself, because of course, they did:
The House Foreign Affairs Committee hammered the administration on Tuesday for its 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan, seeking to keep the chaotic exit in the public eye even as the two retired generals who oversaw the evacuation offered few new details.
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But it’s unclear just how much of a liability the war in Afghanistan will prove for Biden heading into a likely presidential matchup with Donald Trump, who initiated the withdrawal process by signing a deal with the Taliban.
While the switch from "pounce and seize" to "fixate" was amusing on some levels, no one was laughing over the term "messy" which seems a bit tame to use after one reflects on what exactly happened.
An exceptionally grotesque headline. https://t.co/QHPauntQah
— T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) March 19, 2024
Republicans fixate on 13 brave warriors needlessly murdered by terrorists and an innocent family of 10 nuked by Joe Biden to save face.
— Gerry Callahan (@GerryCallahan) March 19, 2024
Fixed it for you. https://t.co/95R8lesJKA
The Afghanistan withdrawal was a bloodbath, you soulless goons. https://t.co/MTCyQqoyCZ
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) March 20, 2024
Politico knows this was more than just a "messy" and "chaotic" withdrawal, but they chose to characterize it that way because the goal is to Protect the Precious no matter how much damage it does to what little bit of credibility they have left.
As my colleague Bonchie is fond of saying, you don't hate the mainstream media enough. You truly don't.
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