GOP Afghanistan withdrawal vs. the truth and facts reported on
live in GOP-run House Oversight Committee in this article and video from THE HILL with this headline:
“Watch live: House Oversight Committee
holds hearing on Biden’s handling of Afghan withdrawal”
The GOP’s Majority-run House Oversight and Accountability Committee held a hearing
(April 19) to review the Biden administration’s actions surrounding the
withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan in 2021.
Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) and other GOP
lawmakers have criticized Biden’s handling of the chaotic exit, which was
marked by a deadly bombing that killed 13 U.S. service members and the
Taliban’s takeover of the country.
The Biden administration has argued that
former President Trump’s policies and initial plans for a withdrawal created
especially difficult conditions.
Watch the rather long video (5 hours) below on YouTube starting that started at 10:00
am:
My earlier post on this same topic is here – FYI:
My 2 Cents: The whole hypocritical effort is to damage President
Biden’s decision and of course, not blame Trump for his decision and this key background
on that issue and the GOP’s “fake” outrage at Biden.
A number of former senior
Trump officials have sought to distance themselves from the Taliban peace deal
that was signed in February 2020, with the chaos that erupted
after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan.
The Doha agreement that
Trump signed with the Taliban without any Afghan government participation boxed
President Biden in bind to withdraw quickly following the sweeping Taliban
offensive that ended in the fall of the Kabul, the Capitol.
Key element is that this “new” GOP selectively forgets in their drive to blame President Joe Biden for that mess and everything else they disagree with him on or so it seems while propping up Trump.
FACT: Trump agreed to withdraw from the country by May 1, 2021, if the Taliban negotiated a peace agreement
with the Afghan government and promised to prevent terrorist groups like
al-Qaeda and ISIS from gaining a foothold, which the Taliban reneged on.
I point out that most of
the committee members are hardcore Republican 2020 election deniers and/or also members of
the
GOP “Freedom Caucus;” with many hardcore conspiracy nuts (e.g., Taylor Greene,
Jordan, Perry, Gosar, Boebert, et al).
Thhis committee has zero
credibility and their only goal is to smear President Joe Biden anyway possible
and do it 24/7.
Hopefully, fair-minded
voters will see them for who they truly are and that is simply Trump’s
sycophants bent on revenge for his 2020 loss and note much else and in 2024 they will boot them out of office and power along with all George Santos types and let’s
face it – there are plenty of them in this “new” GOP right now today.
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