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Posted on 09/04/2021 6:17:08 PM PDT by White Lives Matter
During an interview with Fox News National Security Correspondent Jennifer Griffin aired on Saturday’s “Fox Report,” Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley said that the speed of the collapse of Afghanistan’s military and government was a surprise, and “what you saw unfold with this noncombatant evacuation operation was one of the contingency plans.” And “There was an extensive amount of planning in this.”
Milley said, [relevant remarks begin around 2:20] “I think a couple of things. One, is the collapse of the Afghan Army happened at a much faster rate and very unexpected, by pretty much everybody, and then with that is the collapse of the Afghan government. So, that was definitely a surprise. But I will say that there was an awful lot of planning done, ROC drills, rehearsals, etc. And what you saw unfold with this noncombatant evacuation operation was one of the contingency plans. And the speed at which it was executed, the flow of the aircraft, we had planes taking off every 30 to 45 minutes or so. We had — we brought in 7,000 — or 6,000 U.S. troops, and then there [were] about a thousand or more or so Afghan troops that secured HKIA. The first day, it was clearly chaotic, no question about it. You saw that on video, etc. But within about 24 hours, that settled down and it became a much more orderly process.
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That reminds me of movie character Pee Wee Herman, running into a row of parked Hells Angels type motorcycles, knocking them all down. He says “I meant to do that!”
They even knew where the suicide bomber was and had his location. The generals were an accessory in the murder of the 13 military soldiers.
Their plan, would have worked better.
Wipe your butt, then cr@p.
The media is there to preserve ignorance by the public. You just be a good little citizen and follow their marching orders instructed by the Derp State. Don’t ask questions. You wouldn’t want to be labeled a troublemaker or have a low social credit score, would you, citizen ?
When Trump becomes President in 2024, first thing he needs to do is purge all the “Work” military leader. Obama did this and that is why why we have the Military we do.
That was the Democrat's platform in 2020:
I seriously don’t want to hear ‘unexpected’ out of the mouths of commanding execs. The first villages that fell to the eastward march of the tally man months earlier was clue one.
The General found the collapse and fast moving deadly crisis “a surprise.”
We don’t like surprises to our top level military.
The person on the street could be surprised but his level is supposed to use the months of planning so as not to be surprised. Would Patton have said “We were surprised the enemy guys were shooting at us so we retreated?”
He’s incompetent.
“We failed on purpose, so it was a success.”
6 yr olds would have made a better plan.
Gen. Milley: "Okay but I insist on a signed receipt for my cash. I wasn't born yesterday, you know."
I tell ya…if this was one of the best plans I’d hate to see the battle plan for war with China.
Yes but the question here is not if the withdrawal was a good policy decision but how it was executed.
The most recent example I could think of was Iraq so I used that as the example.
The hell you say, Milly. Trump had a plan. You had a catastrophe.
why hasn’t this clown been courtmartial stripped of rank and benefits an sentenced to a very long prison term?
“Mark Milley said, that the speed of the collapse of Afghanistan’s military and government was a surprise, and “what you saw unfold with this noncombatant evacuation operation was one of the contingency plans.”
Milley is a liar!
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