{"id":697435,"date":"2021-08-29T20:06:08","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T00:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=697435"},"modified":"2021-08-29T20:06:10","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T00:06:10","slug":"reps-meijer-moulton-afghan-disaster-was-preventable-discuss-chaos-and-violence-after-secret-visit-to-kabul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reps-meijer-moulton-afghan-disaster-was-preventable-discuss-chaos-and-violence-after-secret-visit-to-kabul\/","title":{"rendered":"Reps. Meijer, Moulton: Afghan disaster was \u2018preventable,\u2019 discuss chaos and violence after secret visit to Kabul"},"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\">32<\/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%2Freps-meijer-moulton-afghan-disaster-was-preventable-discuss-chaos-and-violence-after-secret-visit-to-kabul%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=697435&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--><div id=\"attachment_2503745\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2503745\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This handout image shows U.S. Soldiers and Marines assist with security at an Evacuation Control Checkpoint during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. . (Photo by Staff Sgt. Victor Mancilla \/ U.S. Marine Corps via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 5:00 PM PT \u2013 Sunday, August 29, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Rep. Peter Meijer (R-Mich.) and Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) spoke out about their recent trip to Kabul, where they witnessed the ongoing Afghan crisis. In a CNN interview on Sunday, the two lawmakers said Joe Biden was at fault for the chaos, violence and deaths in Kabul.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve seen some of the best American people, especially in the last two weeks, some of the best of our troops on the ground and the heroic way they\u2019re carrying out this mission.,\u201d Meijer expressed. \u201cWe\u2019ve also seen some of the worst of American leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">They sure did. I\u2019ve saved them all. Here they are (a thread) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CZRQJ8IH9T\">https:\/\/t.co\/CZRQJ8IH9T<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ah6XHFGGpk\">pic.twitter.com\/Ah6XHFGGpk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Zeller (@mattczeller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattczeller\/status\/1432037758986604555?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meijer and Moulton admitted the U.S. did not have a political leverage over Taliban to prevent its takeover of the country. However, Moulton said the chaos in Kabul could have been prevented.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know sadly Jake this was preventable because we wouldn\u2019t of had to put Marines in this position if we had started the evacuation much earlier,\u201d Moulton stated. \u201cI don\u2019t want to lose sight of the heroism of these Marines because in spite of this terrible position that they were put in, they were doing unbelievable work.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">An unbelievable note from the frontlines <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dAMpRIiKP9\">pic.twitter.com\/dAMpRIiKP9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zero Blog Thirty (@ZeroBlog30) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZeroBlog30\/status\/1431981474404839424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The two congressmen also praised the 13 U.S. service members who were killed in the Kabul airport bombing on Thursday by saying their sacrifice must not be forgotten.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/gottlieb-estimates-fda-will-authorize-pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-for-children-by-early-winter\/\">Gottlieb Estimates FDA Will Authorize Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine For Children By Early Winter<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This handout image shows U.S. Soldiers and Marines assist with security at an Evacuation Control Checkpoint during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. . 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