Trump tries to connect Harris to the chaotic Afghanistan War withdrawal on anniversary of attack
Former President Donald Trump on Monday is expected to tie Vice President Kamala Harris to the chaotic Afghanistan War withdrawal on the third anniversary of the suicide bombing that killed 13 service members.
Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, laid wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery in honor of three of the slain service members 맥스카지노 Sgt. Nicole Gee, Staff Sgt. Darin Hoover and Staff Sgt. Ryan Knauss. Later in the day, he was going to Michigan to address the National Guard Association of the United States conference.
Monday marks three years since the Aug. 26, 2021, suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport, which killed 13 American service members and more than 100 Afghans. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack.
On his Truth Social site Monday, Trump called the withdrawal 맥스카지노the most EMBARRASSING moment in the history of our Country. Gross Incompetence - 13 DEAD American soldiers, hundreds of people wounded and dead.맥스카지노
맥스카지노You don맥스카지노t take our soldiers out first, you take them out LAST, when all else is successfully done,맥스카지노 he said in the post.
Since President Joe Biden ended his reelection bid, Trump has been zeroing in on Harris, now the Democratic presidential nominee, and her roles in foreign policy decisions. He has specifically highlighted the vice president맥스카지노s statements that she was the last person in the room before Biden made the decision on Afghanistan.
맥스카지노She bragged that she would be the last person in the room, and she was. She was the last person in the room with Biden when the two of them decided to pull the troops out of Afghanistan,맥스카지노 he said last week in a North Carolina rally. 맥스카지노She had the final vote. She had the final say, and she was all for it.맥스카지노
In a statement marking the anniversary of the Kabul airport attack, Harris said she mourns the 13 U.S. service members who were killed. 맥스카지노My prayers are with their families and loved ones. My heart breaks for their pain and their loss,맥스카지노 she said.
Harris said she honors and remembers all Americans who served in Afghanistan.
맥스카지노As I have said, President Biden made the courageous and right decision to end America맥스카지노s longest war. Over the past three years, our Administration has demonstrated we can still eliminate terrorists, including the leaders of al-Qaeda and ISIS, without troops deployed into combat zones,맥스카지노 she said. 맥스카지노I will never hesitate to take whatever action necessary to counter terrorist threats and protect the American people.맥스카지노
The relatives of some of the 13 American service members who were killed appeared on stage at the Republican National Convention last month, saying Biden had never publicly named their loved ones. The display was an implicit response to allegations that Trump doesn맥스카지노t respect veterans and had previously referred to slain World War II soldiers as suckers and losers 맥스카지노 accusations denied by Trump.
In a statement Monday on the Kabul attack anniversary, Biden said the 13 Americans who died were 맥스카지노patriots in the highest sense맥스카지노 who 맥스카지노embodied the very best of who we are as a nation: brave, committed, selfless.맥스카지노
맥스카지노Ever since I became Vice President, I carried a card with me every day that listed the exact number of American service members who were killed in Iraq and Afghanistan맥스카지노including Taylor, Johanny, Nicole, Hunter, Daegan, Humberto, David, Jared, Rylee, Dylan, Kareem, Maxton, and Ryan,맥스카지노 Biden said.
Under Trump, the United States signed a peace agreement with the Taliban that was aimed at ending America맥스카지노s longest war and bringing U.S. troops home. Biden later pointed to that agreement as he sought to deflect blame for the Taliban overrunning Afghanistan, saying it bound him to withdraw troops and set the stage for the chaos that engulfed the country.
A Biden administration review of the withdrawal acknowledged that the evacuation of Americans and allies from Afghanistan should have started sooner, but attributed the delays to the Afghan government and military, and to U.S. military and intelligence community assessments.
The top two U.S. generals who oversaw the evacuation said the administration inadequately planned for the withdrawal. The nation맥스카지노s top-ranking military officer at the time, then-Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley, told lawmakers earlier this year he had urged Biden to keep a residual force of 2,500 forces to give backup. Instead, Biden decided to keep a much smaller force of 650 that would be limited to securing the U.S. embassy.