{"id":2249056,"date":"2024-05-20T19:56:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T23:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-general-warned-biden-admin-ahead-of-afghanistan-withdrawal-says-washington-didnt-get-the-risk\/"},"modified":"2024-05-20T19:58:35","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T23:58:35","slug":"top-general-warned-biden-admin-ahead-of-afghanistan-withdrawal-says-washington-didnt-get-the-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-general-warned-biden-admin-ahead-of-afghanistan-withdrawal-says-washington-didnt-get-the-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Top General Alerted Biden Administration Before Afghanistan Pullout; Washington Ignored &#8216;The Threat"},"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%2Ftop-general-warned-biden-admin-ahead-of-afghanistan-withdrawal-says-washington-didnt-get-the-risk%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=2249056&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--><p>Retired Gen. Austin Miller, former top U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/larry-johnson-the-cia-has-become-the-kgb\/\" title=\"Larry Johnson: The CIA Has Become the KGB\">military commander<\/a> in Afghanistan, \u2062forewarned \u200bthe Biden administration of Afghanistan&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-releases-captive-former-marine-trevor-reed-in-prisoner-swap\/\" title=\"Russia Releases Captive Former Marine Trevor Reed in Prisoner Swap\">rapid deterioration<\/a> during troop withdrawal.\u2064 His unheeded warnings resulted in a chaotic pullout that tragically claimed the lives of 13 U.S. service members. Despite efforts to convey the risks, Miller expressed regret over the administration&#8217;s lack of understanding and preparation.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Retired Gen. Austin Miller, the former top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan, warned the Biden administration that Afghanistan would get \u201cvery bad, very fast\u201d when American troops began to withdraw.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Miller\u2019s warnings, which went <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-congresswoman-warns-biden-that-whats-happening-in-michigan-really-is-a-problem\/\" title=\"Democratic Congresswoman Raises Concerns About Michigan Situation\">largely unheeded<\/a> by the White House, were revealed to House investigators last month when the former top U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-government-struggles-to-understand-scope-of-pandemic-fraud-three-years-into-covid-19\/\" title=\"Federal government struggles to understand scope of pandemic fraud three years into COVID-19\">general testified<\/a> to the House Foreign Affairs Committee as part of a GOP-led investigation into the U.S. pullout from Afghanistan. The chaotic withdrawal \u2013 begun in February 2020 and completed in August of that year \u2013 contributed to the deaths of 13 U.S. service members in a terror attack outside of Kabul\u2019s Hamid Karzai International Airport.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Miller played a part in organizing and executing the withdrawal, though his term ended in July 2021 before the pullout was completed. The retired general told committee investigators last month that he was bothered by the White House\u2019s \u201clack of understanding of the risk\u201d that he attempted to impart, according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2024\/05\/20\/austin-miller-afghanistan-biden-house-investigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Washington Post<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which obtained a transcript of his testimony.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The retired general warned a Marine Corps commander in charge of contingency planning to prepare for \u201creally adverse conditions\u201d if an evacuation became necessary. President Joe Biden declared an evacuation on August 14 in the final weeks of the withdrawal as a Taliban blitz recaptured nearly the entire country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI did not foresee a good future for Afghanistan as I was departing,\u201d Miller said. He added that he regretted not being more assertive in making Washington take his views and concerns seriously.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The U.S. was largely restricted to Kabul\u2019s airport in the final weeks of the withdrawal after a hurried pullout from the rest of the country left <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dodig.mil\/In-the-Spotlight\/Article\/3129145\/lead-inspector-general-for-operation-enduring-sentinel-and-operation-freedoms-s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">billions of <\/span><\/a>dollars worth<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of equipment behind, many Afghans who worked with the U.S. during its two-decade occupation and fight against terror groups, and hundreds of American citizens.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On August 26, 2021, days before the withdrawal ended, an ISIS-K terrorist blew himself up near Hamid Karzai International Airport\u2019s Abbey Gate. The blast killed 13 U.S. service members and about 170 Afghans. The terrorist was previously an inmate at Bagram Airfield, which the U.S. abandoned during the withdrawal and the Taliban later took control of. The terrorist was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/calvert.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/national-security-officials-confirm-rep-calvert-kabul-bomber-was-previously#:~:text=National%20security%20officials%20have%20confirmed,facility%20on%20August%2015%2C%202021.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">released<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  from the Bagram prison by the Taliban.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Biden administration continues to stand by its decision to withdraw from Afghanistan, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2024\/05\/20\/top-us-general-warned-biden-admin-afghanistan-bad-fast-withdrawal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">calling<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  the pullout the right \u201ccorrect policy choice.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAll the evidence is coming back. Do you remember what I said about Afghanistan?\u201d Biden told reporters last year. \u201cI said al Qaeda would not be there. I said it wouldn\u2019t be there. I said we\u2019d get help from the Taliban. What\u2019s happening now? What\u2019s going on? Read your press. I was right.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Afghan Commander, Gen. Austin Miller, cautioned the Biden administration about a rapid deterioration in Afghanistan upon U.S. troop withdrawal. Despite his warnings to House investigators last month, the White House largely disregarded the potential risks highlighted by the retired general<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":2249057,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/Abbey-Gate.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2249056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/Abbey-Gate.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2249056","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\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2249056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2249056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2249057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2249056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2249056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2249056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}