{"id":2018418,"date":"2023-08-31T17:14:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T21:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-ducks-critics-commits-shameful-omission-on-anniversary-of-bungled-afghan-withdrawal\/"},"modified":"2023-08-31T17:16:47","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T21:16:47","slug":"biden-ducks-critics-commits-shameful-omission-on-anniversary-of-bungled-afghan-withdrawal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-ducks-critics-commits-shameful-omission-on-anniversary-of-bungled-afghan-withdrawal\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden avoids critics, neglects Afghan withdrawal anniversary."},"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\">14<\/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-ducks-critics-commits-shameful-omission-on-anniversary-of-bungled-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=2018418&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>President \u200cBiden Fails to\u200c Acknowledge Fallen Service Members\u200d on\u2063 Anniversary of Afghanistan \u200bWithdrawal<\/h2>\n<p>President Joe Biden used the second\u2062 anniversary of his administration\u2019s withdrawal from Afghanistan to tout \u2062its success, but he\u200d failed to \u2062specifically mention or even\u2063 reference the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-13-u-s-service-members-dead-in-kabul-airport-attack\/\" title=\"Pentagon: 13 U.S. service members dead in Kabul airport attack\">13 service members killed<\/a> by a suicide bomber during the \u2062chaotic operation.<\/p>\n<p>The bombing at Abbey Gate outside the Kabul airport on Aug. 26, \u20632021 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/08\/29\/1032044382\/what-we-know-about-the-13-u-s-service-members-killed-in-the-kabul-attack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">killed<\/a> 11 U.S. Marines, one Navy corpsman and an Army soldier,\u2063 as well as \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-meet-afghan-withdrawal-gold-star-families-bedminster-biden-treated-poorly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">170\u00a0Afghans<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/joe-biden-manchurian-president-just-plain-incompetent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">received criticism<\/a> \u2062for \u200bconducting the withdrawal during the\u200d height of fighting season for the \u200bTaliban, pulling U.S. troops before civilians could evacuate and closing the nation\u2019s best\u200b airfield in \u2062the country\u2064 \u2014 Bagram \u2014 before the final withdrawal.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the Pentagon chose (based \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/09\/28\/pentagon-decision-leave-bagram-514456\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden\u2019s<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-ducks-critics-commits-shameful-omission-on-anniversary-of-bungled-afghan-withdrawal\/\" title=\"Biden avoids critics, neglects Afghan withdrawal anniversary.\">troop strength cap<\/a> of 700 soldiers) \u200dto base out of Hamid\u200c Karzai International \u200cAirport, which has \u2063one runway and is located in the heart of an urban area.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman \u2062of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley and head\u200b of\u200c U.S. Central Command\u2062 Gen. Kenneth McKenzie <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/centcom-commander-contradicts-biden-recommended-maintain-2500-troops-afghanistan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">testified<\/a> before the U.S. Senate in September 2021 that they had advised Biden\u200b to keep\u200b 2,500 soldiers in Afghanistan, but the president declined that request.<\/p>\n<h3>President Biden&#8217;s Statement<\/h3>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2023\/08\/30\/statement-by-president-biden-on-the-second-anniversary-of-ending-the-afghanistan-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> released by\u200d the White House, Wednesday night, Biden marked the anniversary\u2062 of the withdrawal, \u201cTwo years ago, the United \u2062States ended nearly two \u2063decades of war \u2062in Afghanistan \u2014 the longest \u2062war in American history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, we pause to remember the selfless service of generations of brave \u2064women and\u2063 men over \u200bthe course of the conflict\u200d \u2014 who, time \u2064and\u2064 time again, sacrificed their own \u2062safety and security for that of \u2062their fellow Americans,\u201d the president continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2062 includes \u200cthe 2,461 U.S. service \u200bmembers who made the ultimate \u2063sacrifice, and\u200b 20,744 of their brother-and-sisters-in-arms who \u2062were wounded in action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden then heralded the evacuation effort.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remain forever grateful to the military members, diplomats, intelligence professionals, and development specialists who not only worked together\u2063 to advance the United States\u2019 Afghan mission for two decades \u2014 but \u200cwho also conducted our withdrawal with the same resolve\u200c and bravery that\u200d defined U.S. service in Afghanistan,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTogether, they \u2063helped evacuate \u200capproximately \u200d120,000 people in one of the \u200dlargest airlifts in history,\u201d the president noted.<\/p>\n<p>Biden also highlighted that\u200d more than 117,000 Afghans who had helped \u200cthe American military effort in their country have been resettled in the\u200c U.S.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd, just as they stood with us, I\u2063 remain committed to standing with them \u2014 including urging \u200cCongress to pass the Afghan Adjustment Act, so we can provide a pathway\u200c to permanent legal \u200bstatus\u200d for our Afghan friends and neighbors,\u201d\u200d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The president concluded: \u200d\u201cLet us continue to \u2062do\u200d right by our\u200d Afghan \u2062partners who also served and sacrificed. And, let\u2063 us continue to honor our fallen warriors and their families \u200bby continuing \u2064on their work to secure \u2064and\u2063 defend our nation \u2014 together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden was heavily criticized\u2063 for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/video-biden-appears-check-watch-dignified-transfer-service-members-killed-afghanistan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">checking his watch<\/a> at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware during the dignified transfer \u200cceremony \u2062for the 13 slain military members.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Never forget that Biden checked his watch at a funeral for the service members who fell in Afghanistan. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eCjgOHl6sT\">https:\/\/t.co\/eCjgOHl6sT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stillgray\/status\/1696577204464046432?\">August 29, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Gold Star\u2062 Families Demand Accountability<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/08\/25\/two-year-anniversary-gold-star-families-biden-afghanistan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Daily\u200b Caller<\/a> recently\u200c spoke\u200b with the families of five U.S. <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 \u200bmembers killed<\/a> during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-us-representative-from-st-louis-cori-bush-drafts-resolution-to-punish-those-who-attempt-to-overthrow-the-2020-election-joe-biden-just-stole\/\" title=\"Democrat US Representative from St Louis, Cori Bush, Drafts Resolution to Punish Those Who Attempt to Overthrow the 2020 Election Joe Biden Just Stole\">terror attack<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/video-pssed-off-gold-star-dad-end-joe-bidens-political-career\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gold Star families<\/a> called\u2062 for President Joe Biden to resign and expressed frustration at the president\u2019s lack\u200b of \u2064accountability for the chaotic \u200cwithdrawal. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gold-star-mom-reveals-bidens-heartless-comment-wept-oval-office-meeting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">They<\/a> also \u200drequested for the 13 service members killed in the \u2063Abbey Gate terror bombing to be honored at the White House, and for Biden to\u2063 finally say their names,\u201d\u2064 the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody\u2019s paying for \u2064what they \u200ddid. Nobody is saying \u2018yes we messed up\u2019 and\u200c \u2018I\u2019m sorry,\u2019\u201d said Carol \u2062Briseno, the mother of slain 22-year-old Marine \u200dCpl.\u200c Humberto Sanchez.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBiden never said the 13 names. He didn\u2019t say the names because he knows that he failed. That he actually failed\u200b our kids and failed our families and messed up,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Darin Hoover, \u2064the father \u2062of Marine Staff\u200d Sgt. Darin Taylor Hoover,\u200b also\u2063 expressed his \u200canger that\u200c the president hasn\u2019t \u201cacknowledged\u200c our \u200bkids.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBiden\u2062 hasn\u2019t said our kids\u2019 \u2064names once. Not \u2064a\u2063 single time,\u201d he told the outlet. \u201cThese kids need to be\u2064 celebrated. \u2062They need to be thanked \u2026 They need\u200b to have \u200dtheir\u200b names said, have them be remembered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Caller pointed out that the White\u200b House did\u200b release \u2063a\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShelbyTalcott\/status\/1563166753038802946\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> on the one year anniversary of the attack specifically listing the names of the soldiers killed.<\/p>\n<p>Christy Shamblin, the mother \u200dof Marine Sgt. \u2064Nicole Gee, called\u200c on Biden to host the 13 families at the White\u200d House.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would love to meet with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-talks-lightning-strike-small-kitchen-fire-house-compares-maui-devastation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Biden<\/a> and have him\u2062 outline the successes because \u2063I don\u2019t see them,\u201d Shamblin said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know that there are successes and families that are vetted and the\u2063 ones who are making lives here, but you\u200c know to celebrate\u200b a few victories in \u2064the middle of a catastrophe is not\u2064 really rational.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u200bpost <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-ducks-critics-commits-shameful-omission-anniversary-bungled-afghan-withdrawal\/\">Biden \u2062Ducks Critics, Commits Shameful \u200bOmission on Anniversary of Bungled Afghan Withdrawal<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The\u2062 Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden celebrated the second anniversary of the Afghanistan withdrawal, highlighting its achievements. However, he neglected to acknowledge the 13 service members who lost their lives in the tragic suicide bombing at Abbey Gate near Kabul airport on August 26, 2021. 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