Posted on 08/26/2021 7:54:12 PM PDT by Enlightened1
During his press conference on Thursday following the terrorist attack in Afghanistan that killed 13 U.S. servicemembers, President Biden blamed his generals for the decision to leave Bagram Air Base behind and did not deny reports that his administration gave the Taliban a list of Americans stranded in the region.
On the issue of Bagram Air Base, President Biden said that he made the decision to essentially abandon the location upon his generals’ advice:
On the tactical questions of how to conduct an evacuation or a war, I gather up all the major military personnel that are in Afghanistan, the commanders, as well as the Pentagon. I ask for their best military judgment – what would be the most efficient way to accomplish the mission. They concluded, the military, that Bagram Air Base was not much value-added, that it was much wiser to focus on Kabul. So I followed that recommendation.
As noted by Andrew McCarthy of National Review, Biden’s decision to leave Bagram Air Base contributed to the terror attack at the airport in Kabul, since it signaled to the Taliban that the United States would not be able to mount a counter-offensive as the U.S. military pulled out of the region:
The Bagram bug-out was not merely a shameful episode; it was for Biden a tactical retreat. The Taliban were surging, the Afghan military forces were collapsing, and Biden knew that U.S. commanders wanted to keep a force presence and continue supporting the Afghan government. If there were to be any thought of reversing course, maintaining control of Bagram would have been essential....
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So says Mr. Buck stops here.
Yes and saw Biden’s presser live!
BiXiden AND his Generals all need to be given The BOOT.
Today...
the fact is Biden threw a temper tantrum. He wanted to do it his way, and when he was challenged had a meltdown and ordered the bugout.
This is the same example of a dementia suffer in action we saw during the campaign where Biden would go into incoherent rants at any voter who asked him a tough question.
Biden is far too mentally unstable to stay in office. He must be removed at once under the 25th Amendment. Really want anyone capable of this sort or irrational action to be in charge of the US Nuclear Arsenal for 3.5 more years?
Hey, Gen. Milley, being Woke didn’t help you at the end of the day, did it now???
Sounds believable, as ghastly as that is to contemplate.
Biden gave the orders and the Generals just followed them. The guy is unhinged and his threats mean nothing since he 1) has dementia, and 2) just gave boatloads of hostages and free weapons to the enemy. I read an article over at Hot Air on that, “Biden speaks: We’ll hunt down ISIS-K for today’s attack, but also we might end up leaving some Americans behind”, which you can find there, so give that a look. The world knows Joe is a liar and a moron, so this isn’t a revelation to anyone sane. Dude thinks he is in a Clint Eastwood movie. Not even close.
The buck stops with non-RINO Republican Presidents, never Democrats or their RINO toadies.
Democrats are the enemy.
Dude is a robot, obeying the commands of the voice in the earpiece he has worn for almost 2 years now.
OK I get it. Biden wanted to close the base precisely so that when we left the door would stay shut. Regardless of the wisdom of that strategy.
Heard the generals wanted to keep Bagram but could not hold it with only the 600 troops Biden insisted troop level. Biden would was stuck on 600, so generals folded to the Kabul airport.
This entire administration needs to be removed from office. There's a 1% chance Pelosi would not have been quite this stupid.
Yep. Biden blamed every single tactical decision on the military.
I disagree with calling ONLY for Biden to resign. Biden, Austin, Milley, Blinken and Sullivan should too.
Who did I leave out?
No. all on him and the Bolshevicks
If it had been Trump the Pentagon would have just lied about troop numbers (like they did in Syria) and kept Bagram open.
And then Biden blamed it all on the generals
Based on *his own rant*, he would be more inclined to use that arsenal on patriots here in the US than against any foreign enemy.
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