We covered how Gen. McKenzie’s testimony nailed Joe Biden for a lie. McKenzie testified under oath that he had previously recommended to Biden that we keep 2,500 troops in Afghanistan prior to his decision not to do so. McKenzie also said he predicted that withdrawing them would cause the Afghan Army to collapse and the Taliban to take over. Biden said he hadn’t been told either thing by any of his advisors.

https://redstate.com/bonchie/2021/09/28/gen-mckenzie-proves-joe-biden-and-mark-milley-are-liars-n449054

Gen. Milley revealed the astounding news that after Kabul fell on August 15, Biden didn’t even talk with Milley and Austin about the question of possibly extending the August 31 deadline until August 25. So what did he do for 10 days besides being on vacation?

https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2021/09/28/milley-and-austin-confirm-another-key-biden-afghanistan-failure-in-testy-exchange-with-tom-cotton-n449097 //

Milley also blew up Biden’s claim that he had to stick to the Trump deal. He said that Biden wasn’t obligated to carry through on any deal with the Taliban and do a hasty withdrawal because the Trump deal was a conditioned deal and the Taliban didn’t hold to the conditions. Trump wasn’t doing just a naked withdrawal like Biden, he was holding the Taliban to certain requirements. But Biden went through with it anyway despite the fact that the Taliban didn’t hold to the deal. That’s all on Biden, so he can’t blame Trump for that choice. Finally, Milley blew up the Biden claim that somehow we had achieved the purpose of not being threatened from Afghanistan again. Milley made it very clear that we were likely to be hearing from ISIS and/or al Qaeda within 12-36 months because of the way the situation was left in Afghanistan. //

But maybe no Democrat lit up the Biden team for their failures more than Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT). //

He seems to have been personally touched and outraged by how Americans and our Afghan allies were stranded by Biden. He was involved in trying to help get stranded citizens out of Afghanistan and faced all kinds of roadblocks from the Biden team in the effort. He also focused on what should be for everyone the most important thing at this point — helping extract the people still stranded.

Blumenthal’s assessment today of the Biden administration was searing. There was “no one in charge” he said.

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Sen. Blumenthal on Americans stranded in Afghanistan: "We don't have an estimate on the number, because nobody is in charge right now."

11:39 AM · Sep 28, 2021