TopGenerals Contradict Biden, Say They Urged Him to Withdraw Not to Withdraw From

[Earl]

Top Generals contradict Biden, say they urged him not to withdraw from Afghanistan
Gen. Frank McKenzie said that he recommended maintaining a small force of 2,500 troops in Afghanistan earlier this year.
Gen. Frank McKenzie, commander of the United States Central Command, listens during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.
Gen. Frank McKenzie, commander of the United States Central Command, listens during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. | Sarahbeth Maney/The New York Times via AP

By LARA SELIGMAN
09/28/2021 11:38 AM EDT
Updated: 09/28/2021 12:00 PM EDT
Top generals told lawmakers under oath on Tuesday that they advised President Joe Biden early this year to keep several thousand troops in Afghanistan — directly contradicting the president’s comments in August that no one warned him not to withdraw troops from the country.

The remarkable testimony pits top military brass against the commander-in-chief as the Biden administration continues to face tough questions about what critics are calling a botched withdrawal that directly led to the deaths of 13 American service members, scenes of chaos at the Kabul airport, and the abandonment of American citizens and at-risk Afghans in the war-torn country.


Gen. Kenneth "Frank" McKenzie, the commander of U.S. Central Command, told the Senate Armed Services in a hearing Tuesday that he recommended maintaining a small force of 2,500 troops in Afghanistan earlier this year.

He also noted that in the fall of 2020, during the Trump administration, he advised that the U.S. maintain a force almost double the size, of 4,500 troops, in Afghanistan.

In answering questions from Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) about his advice, McKenzie said he would not share his “personal recommendation” to the president.

But he went on to say that his “personal view,” which he said shaped his recommendations, was that withdrawing those forces “would lead inevitably to the collapse of the Afghan military forces and, eventually, the Afghan government.”

McKenzie also acknowledged that he talked to Biden directly about the recommendation by Gen. Scott Miller, the commander of U.S. Forces Afghanistan until July, that the military leave a few thousand troops on the ground, which Miller detailed in closed testimony last week.

“I was present when that discussion occurred and I am confident that the president heard all the recommendations and listened to them very thoughtfully,” McKenzie said.
Politico.com

[Grokmaster]

THE MILITARY IS AN INTRAMURAL COLLEGE TEAM TO THE ASSHIOLES OF THE LEFT, WHO UNDERSTAND NOTHING ABOUT THE REAL WORLD...

[Earl]

Biden went against the advice of his top generals and caused the bloody withdrawal which killed 13 Of our Military, left Americans and Afghans behind, hostages, the loss of billions of American weapons to the terrorists...the Taliban and ISIS and now Afghanistan is a terrorist nation-state.

Impeach Biden.

[Frank Apisa]

Oh, my god!

THIS IS IT!

RIGHT?

THIS IS IT!

[Lionfish]

Oh, my god!

THIS IS IT!

RIGHT?

THIS IS IT!

No, it isn't "it". Just more proof that creepy uncle joe has lost most of his marbles.

[Grokmaster]

Oh, my god!

THIS IS IT!

RIGHT?

THIS IS IT!

WAIT UNTIL CONGRESS FLIPS...WE WON'T HAVE TO IMPEACH THE MORON..WE"LL JUST OVERRIDE EVERYTHING HE TRIES...

[Earl]

The traitor, General Miley just testified, under oath, that the evacuation from Afghanistan was a strategic failure.

Think about that...the evacuation from Afghanistan was a strategic FAILURE.

The withdrawal from Afghanistan engineered by the traitor, General Miley, and Bloody Biden was a strategic FAILURE.

[Earl]

The traitor, General Miley just testified, under oath, that the evacuation from Afghanistan was a strategic failure.

Think about that...the evacuation from Afghanistan was a strategic FAILURE.

The withdrawal from Afghanistan engineered by the traitor, General Miley, and Bloody Biden was a strategic FAILURE.

Think about this...the top general, General Miley, just admitted that the withdrawal from Afghanistan that he and Biden formulated resulted in a strategic FAILURE.

[Earl]

The Commander-in-Chief has comitted treason and so have Gen. Miley and other top officials in the Biden Administration.

[Frank Apisa]

No, it isn't "it". Just more proof that creepy uncle joe has lost most of his marbles.

Joe Biden still has more "marbles" than your hero, Trump, ever had.

[Frank Apisa]

WAIT UNTIL CONGRESS FLIPS...WE WON'T HAVE TO IMPEACH THE MORON..WE"LL JUST OVERRIDE EVERYTHING HE TRIES...

That is what the Republican Party is all about anymore.

Override anything and everything a Democratic Party president attempts to do. If it hurts the people to do the overriding...fuck the people. The important thing for you assholes is to stop anything the Democrats want to do.

Thanks for pointing that out, Grok. I should have mentioned it myself.

[Lionfish]

Joe Biden still has more "marbles" than your hero, Trump, ever had.

I see your avatar is about to tip over so I will consider the source.

[Earl]

Biden overrode every EO and policy that President Trump had, one of which was the “remain in Mexico” EO thst the Supreme Court validated.

[Frank Apisa]

I see your avatar is about to tip over so I will consider the source.

Been "about to tip over" for almost 1000 years. Still standing.

Consider that!

[Frank Apisa]

Biden overrode every EO and policy that President Trump had, the “remain in Mexico” EO thst the Supreme Court validated.

Jesus H. Christ...how did Joe Biden override anything?