US veterans are blasting the White House as liars for portraying the military withdrawal of Afghanistan as a success — insisting that Biden’s lackeys are abandoning veterans to protect “corrupt politicians.”
The retired soldiers lambasted National Security Council spokesman John Kirby after he blamed former president Donald Trump for paving the way for the chaotic 2021 evacuation.
Biden, Kirby claimed, had no intention of withdrawing troops before learning of Trump’s promise to the Taliban — and downplayed the criticism of the rushed evacuation mission, in which 13 US servicemembers lost their lives.
“For all this talk of chaos, I just didn’t see it, not from my perch,” said Kirby.
“I just won’t buy the whole argument of chaos.
“It was tough in the first few hours, you would expect it to be.”
The military mouthpiece’s comments infuriated veterans across the country.
Chad Robichaux — an Afghanistan war veteran and co-founder of the Save Our Allies group that helped Americans safely escape Afghanistan and Ukraine — accused former Navy rear admiral Kirby of abandoning his loyalties for veterans in favor of “protecting corrupt politicians in DC.”
“It is no shocker when Biden or his clown-show press secretaries lie, but to have a former US Navy admiral do the same is a national tragedy,” Robichaux seethed to Fox News on Saturday.
“As a fellow veteran it makes me sad to see former military leaders turn on our citizens for personal and political gain.”
Retired Green Beret Scott Mann — whose “Task Force: Pineapple” also facilitated civilian evacuations during the withdrawal — also told the outlet that the Biden administration’s “lies” will also affect the people of Afghanistan.
“[T]he absence of accountability: What worries veterans so much is that we’ve got all of these problems now with violent extremist groups coming up in Afghanistan,” Mann said.
“We’ve got a massive moral injury on our veteran population — and if you’re not willing to take accountability for your actions as a leader at any level, then there’s a real good chance you’re not going to take any actions to fix what happened.”
Lawmakers also blasted the White House after it released its first after-action review of the disastrous withdrawal — without taking responsibility for its role.
“The Administration came in, took the Afghanistan withdrawal plan we had, and just botched it,” former Secretary of State and retired Army captain Mike Pompeo tweeted Friday.
“It is outrageous for them to try to blame anyone besides Joe Biden.”
Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Tx) and retired United States Navy rear admiral demanded Biden answer for the American service members that were killed in the evacuation when an ISIS-K suicide bomber detonated outside the Kabul airport.
“13 Americans were tragically MURDERED because of Biden’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan, and he calls this a success? This administration is a TOTAL FAILURE. Somebody needs to be held accountable for the MESS they created!!” Jackson said.
“The Biden Administration genuinely DOES NOT CARE about their failures in Afghanistan.
“They don’t care that we were HUMILIATED on the national stage, and they certainly don’t care about the 13 service members who lost their lives.
“Their only concern is pushing their WOKE agenda.
“Biden needs to be voted OUT of office!!”
The 12-page document claims Biden was forced to withdraw the troops after Trump made a pledge to the Taliban promising to do so by May 2021 as part of the Doha agreement.
Kirby said the White House was releasing the document to “provide our perspectives” of what happened and lessons learned.
“This effort — this document — isn’t about accountability today,” he said.
“It’s about understanding.”
