{"id":2016331,"date":"2023-08-30T02:42:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T06:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/families-of-service-members-killed-in-kabul-attack-demand-accountability-2-years-after-afghan-withdrawal\/"},"modified":"2023-08-30T02:44:17","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T06:44:17","slug":"families-of-service-members-killed-in-kabul-attack-demand-accountability-2-years-after-afghan-withdrawal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/families-of-service-members-killed-in-kabul-attack-demand-accountability-2-years-after-afghan-withdrawal\/","title":{"rendered":"Families of Kabul attack victims demand accountability 2 years post Afghan withdrawal."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Ffamilies-of-service-members-killed-in-kabul-attack-demand-accountability-2-years-after-afghan-withdrawal%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=2016331&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>Heartbreak\u2063 and Calls for Accountability: Families of Fallen Service \u2062Members Speak Out<\/h2>\n<p>WASHINGTON\u2013Anger, grievance, and heartbreak filled a hearing \u200droom \u200con Capitol Hill as \u2064family\u200c members of the\u200b 13 U.S.\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-gold-star-dad-blasts-biden-for-afghanistan-withdrawal-be-a-grown-ass-man-admit-your-mistakes\/\" title=\"VIDEO: Gold Star Father Criticizes Biden over Afghanistan Withdrawal: 'Man Up. Acknowledge Your Errors.'\">service\u200d members killed<\/a> in\u200c an ISIS\u2063 terrorist attack\u2062 on Aug. 26, 2021, at the Abbey Gate outside \u2062Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, voiced their feelings just over two years since the bombing.<\/p>\n<p>There were calls\u2064 for accountability, transparency, and \u200deven resignations directed \u2062at President\u2064 Joe Biden and his administration.<\/p>\n<p>Representatives\u2064 of eight of the \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/he-took-a-question-from-peter-doocy-marine-veteran-says-joe-biden-only-did-one-courageous-or-honest-thing\/\" title=\"\u2018He Took A Question From Peter Doocy\u2019: Marine Veteran Says Joe Biden Only Did One \u2018Courageous Or Honest Thing\u2019\">13 service members<\/a> took part in the almost-three<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/families-of-service-members-killed-in-kabul-attack-demand-accountability-2-years-after-afghan-withdrawal\/\" title=\"Families of Kabul attack victims demand accountability 2 years post Afghan withdrawal.\">-hour-long roundtable discussion<\/a>, hosted by the House \u200dForeign Affairs Committee, which is \u2063chaired by \u200bRep. Michael \u2062McCaul\u200c (R-Texas). The only Democrat member of the committee in attendance was Rep. Madeline Dean (D-Pa.), who\u200d was serving as ranking member in lieu\u2062 of Rep. Gregory \u200dMeeks (D-N.Y.).<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related \u2062Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/opinion\/the-biden-administrations-afghanistan-bug-out-continues-to-have-disastrous-consequences-5472671\">The Biden Administration\u2019s Afghanistan Bug-Out Continues \u200cto Have Disastrous Consequences<\/a> (8\/17\/2023)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/family-forced-to-pay-to-transfer-body-of-marine-killed-in-afghanistan-withdrawal-5427331\">Family Forced to \u2062Pay to Transfer Body of Marine Killed in Afghanistan Withdrawal<\/a> (7\/27\/2023)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During the discussion about \u2064the attack, which occurred as the United States and its allies were\u2062 withdrawing from Afghanistan following the 20-year war, Mr. McCaul read a statement he had \u200bjust received from Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen.\u200c Mark Milley.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We owe them transparency, we owe\u200c them honesty, \u2062we owe them \u2064accountability. We owe them the truth\u200d about what happened to their loved ones,&#8221; he \u200csaid in\u200d a\u2062 statement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/milley-says-we-dont-like-outcome-afghanistan-vows-accountability-gold-star-families\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first reported<\/a> by Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I trust the Army, Navy, and\u200d Marine Corps did\u2064 the best they\u2064 could \u200bin briefing the\u200b families who\u2062 had loved ones killed at Abbey Gate,&#8221; the four-star general \u2062continued. &#8220;I believe the briefers \u200bgave every piece of information that \u2062they could.\u200b If there were issues with that, we need to take whatever corrective action is necessary.\u2062 And our hearts go out\u200b to those families.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a personal\u2062 thing for all of us in uniform. We don&#8217;t like what happened in Afghanistan. \u200bWe don&#8217;t like the outcome of Afghanistan. We owe it to the \u2063families\u200c to \u200btake care \u200bof them. Their sacrifices were not in vain.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, family members of those lost \u200con that day did\u2063 not hold back.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In \u200bhis note,\u200b Gen. Milley \u200bmentions that he apologizes for any lack of information provided during these briefings that we all had \u2062in \u200bour homes,&#8221; said\u00a0Herman Lopez, who lost his son, Marine Corps Cpl. Hunter Lopez, in the bombing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The \u2063issue is not\u2063 the briefing. The issue is not the lack of information during those briefings,&#8221; the Gold Star father continued. &#8220;It\u200b is the disregard\u2062 of intelligence. It is \u2064the \u2062disregard of planning. That&#8217;s\u200d what you should be apologizing for.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re knee-deep in bulls***,&#8221; said Mark Schmitz, whose son Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jared Schmitz was killed. His ire was \u200cdirected\u200d toward President Biden as he delivered scathing remarks about that fateful \u2064day, lamenting the lack of responsibility\u200b and resignations from the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Schmitz \u2064stated that President Biden&#8217;s reputation as &#8220;the family man&#8221;\u2063 can no longer \u200bbe \u200btouted \u2063due\u2064 to his &#8220;disgusting and cowardly&#8221; treatment of \u2063him and his fellow Gold Star relatives 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>. He\u200d called \u2064for Mr. Biden&#8217;s resignation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You are a disgrace to this nation,&#8221; \u2063the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/finally-the-who-what-and-why-of-scott-smith-and-his-daughters-rape\/\" title=\"Finally! The \u2018Who, What, and Why\u2019 of Scott Smith and His Daughter\u2019s Rape\">grieving father<\/a>\u2064 said as if he were speaking to the commander-in-chief. &#8220;You\u2063 have no business having ultimate command over our military.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Schmitz wished he\u2064 had said that\u2063 to President\u2062 Biden\u200c at the ceremony on Aug. 29, 2021, when the bodies of the\u2063 13 service members arrived at\u200c Dover Air\u200c Force Base in Delaware. During \u200cthe transfer ritual, the president\u2064 came under fire for appearing to glance at his watch, \u200cthough\u200d some said there was the possibility President Biden, a Catholic, was\u200c looking at his\u200d rosary.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While I stood there on the tarmac, watching you check your \u200dwatch over and over again, all I wanted to do was shout out, \u2064&#8217;It&#8217;s two-[expletive]-30, a**hole!&#8221; Mr. Schmitz said\u2062 angrily.<\/p>\n<p>But \u2063out of respect for\u200b the grieving families, he said he refrained from doing so.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, he said \u2063he was done &#8220;biting\u2063 [his] tongue.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You, Sir, \u200cstole their lives, their futures, their dreams,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>During the discussion, Mr.\u200c McCaul and Ms. Dean vowed to get <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>justice and accountability as the grieving families of the 13 U.S. service members killed in the ISIS attack on Aug. 26, 2021, gathered in a Capitol Hill hearing room. Emotions ran high as they expressed anger, grievance, and heartbreak, demanding answers and action for the tragic loss they endured.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1797,"featured_media":2016332,"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":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2016331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"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\/2016331","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\/1797"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2016331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2016331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2016332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2016331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2016331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2016331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}