{"id":1984350,"date":"2023-07-27T16:32:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T20:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-to-blame-for-chaotic-afghanistan-withdrawal-ex-military-say\/"},"modified":"2023-07-27T16:32:49","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T20:32:49","slug":"biden-administration-to-blame-for-chaotic-afghanistan-withdrawal-ex-military-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-to-blame-for-chaotic-afghanistan-withdrawal-ex-military-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-military blame Biden administration for chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-administration-to-blame-for-chaotic-afghanistan-withdrawal-ex-military-say%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1984350&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former U.S. Service Members Blame Biden Administration for Chaotic Afghanistan Withdrawal<\/h2>\n<p>During a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing on Thursday, retired Col. Seth Krummrich, retired Col. \u200bChristopher Kolenda, and Command\u200c Sgt. Maj. Jacob Smith, all former U.S. service members, shared their \u200bperspective on the chaotic military withdrawal\u2062 from Afghanistan nearly two years ago.\u2062 They laid the blame\u200d squarely on the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans\u2064 used the hearing \u2063to focus on \u2062the final weeks of the U.S. military&#8217;s presence in Afghanistan, while Democrats argued for \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-to-blame-for-chaotic-afghanistan-withdrawal-ex-military-say\/\" title=\"Ex-military blame Biden administration for chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal.\">broader congressional oversight<\/a> to learn \u200dlessons \u2063from the entire \u2064war. Krummrich emphasized that the administration controlled the withdrawal process, making them responsible for the failure and the current Taliban rule in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the advice of \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-denies-military-leaders-warned-him-against-quick-withdrawal-date\/\" title=\"Biden Denies Military Leaders Warned Him Against Quick Withdrawal Date\">top military advisers<\/a>, President Joe Biden\u2064 decided to\u200c withdraw the entire U.S.\u200b military presence\u2062 in Afghanistan \u200cby the end of August 2021. This decision came as a shock to planners like\u2064 Krummrich, who felt frustrated and let down by the administration&#8217;s actions. Kolenda referenced the loss of service \u200dmembers in his \u2064unit, highlighting the human\u200c cost of the\u200d withdrawal.<\/p>\n<p>As the \u200bTaliban\u200b rapidly gained\u2064 power \u200bin August, the\u2063 U.S. conducted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reporter-grills-pentagon-spokesman-on-afghanistan-prediction-how-could-you-get-that-so-wrong\/\" title=\"Reporter Grills Pentagon Spokesman On Afghanistan Prediction: \u2018How Could You Get That So Wrong?\u2019\">noncombatant evacuation operation<\/a>, evacuating\u200b approximately\u2062 120,000 at-risk Afghans. However, this operation was marred by tragedy when an\u2064 ISIS-K terrorist, released\u2062 from \u200cBagram prison, detonated a suicide bomb, killing 13 \u2064U.S. service members and \u200caround \u200c170\u2063 Afghan \u2063civilians.<\/p>\n<p>The families of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-andrew-cuomo-calls-to-remember-essential-workers-on-memorial-day-weekend\/\" title=\"Gov. Andrew Cuomo calls to remember essential workers on Memorial Day weekend\">fallen service members<\/a> were \u2062present at the hearing, and both lawmakers and witnesses expressed gratitude and recognition for the Gold Star families.<\/p>\n<p>The House Foreign Affairs Committee, under Republican control, has made the withdrawal a priority for investigation. Chairman Michael McCaul \u200chas clashed with the State Department and issued subpoenas for requested documents, citing a lack of \u200ctransparency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former U.S. service members, including Col. Seth Krummrich, Col. Christopher Kolenda, and Command Sgt. Maj. Jacob Smith, attributed the disorderly Afghanistan military withdrawal to the Biden administration. They testified about their experiences in front of a panel, highlighting the administration&#8217;s role in the chaotic situation that unfolded almost two years ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1984351,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1984350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1984350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984350\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1984351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1984350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1984350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1984350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}