3 Top Senate Democrats Pledge To Probe 'Flawed' Afghanistan Withdrawal

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Source: HuffPost

Democrats in charge of three Senate committees are vowing to hold hearings on the bungled U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan, a reflection of how little political cover the Biden administration is getting from its allies on Capitol Hill as chaos engulfs the Middle Eastern country.

Sen. Bob Mendendez (D-N.J.), the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, cast some blame on former President Donald Trump and his deal with the Taliban, which predated President Joe Biden. But he also called out the Biden administration for its “flawed” execution of a plan that didn’t adequately foresee the rapid and stunning collapse of the Afghan government.

“In implementing this flawed plan, I am disappointed that the Biden administration clearly did not accurately assess the implications of a rapid U.S. withdrawal,” Menendez said in a statement on Tuesday. “We are now witnessing the horrifying results of many years of policy and intelligence failures.”

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/afghanistan-biden-withdrawal_n_611c11b8e4b0e5b5d8e3cad4

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It looks like the Biden Administration is going to face criticism from both sides of the isle.

[TheRealNorth]

1. They should be leveraging this

For an investigation into 1/6.

[Lovie777]

2. This will expose shithole and his administration . . .

[Rebl2]

10. That is

definitely where it should start. They should have investigated it last year when he made that deal.

[no_hypocrisy]

4. Biden was going to be blamed for Afghanistan whether Trump made the decision or if he did.

Or he would have been blamed for leaving the troops in.

[cstanleytech]

5. To be fair though some of the criticism will be legitimate and confronting it now is better than

later as it makes it harder for the Republicans and their PR support network like Fox News to create their own distorted version.
About 99.9% of the problem though is entirely the fault of the Republicans, both the ones in the House and Senate as well as the past 2 Republican Presidents and their administrations.

[yaesu]

6. Before this happens y'all need to probe away at getting HR-1 passed & fixing the USPS. nt

[yaesu]

9. and this too

[Shipwack]

8. With friends like these, who needs Republicans? NT

[TygrBright]

11. I suspect they are doing Biden a YUGE favor...

Because a close investigation will reveal just how much of the chaos, etc., was ensured by the delerium-powered barging and flailing of the previous Misadministration.

cogently,
Bright

[honest.abe]

12. Yes, I agree.

I dont think Biden did anything wrong.

[Mme. Defarge]

13. Thanks!

I needed that.

[BumRushDaShow]

14. Remember who ran that Committee that Menendez is Chair of

before becoming VP.



You will have your war hawk (D)s out there waking up - particularly since they have been muzzled since 2014 when we lost control of the Senate. Only because people crawled over glass in Georgia to get Warnock and Ossoff in, did we get the control back so people like Menendez could take control of that committee.

[Steelrolled]

15. I expect there is some major CYA going on.

Prepare for the memo from some military analyst that predicted the outcome.

[bucolic_frolic]

16. Go big & get it out there

The good, the bad, the ugly. Don't let it fester. Don't allow GOP to control the narrative.

Who ultimately designed the plan?

[onethatcares]

17. f...ing word salad

not caring who Mendendez is, What was his plan or is he just a mealy mouth ?

[Dan]

18. I'm always impressed with how our Congress is willing for our children to die for their beliefs and

political interests.

I am beginning to believe that the only people that can serve in Congress are members who have children in the military in a Combat arms career fields, in active duty.

[orangecrush]

19. All Generals and commanders who were in Afghan

Have some 'splainin to do.