How dangerous is the scenario in Afghanistan? It’s so dangerous that former members of the Obama administration are popping out of the woodwork to slam Biden.
Bear in mind, not solely are these individuals Democrats, a lot of them labored straight with Biden on the Obama White Home.
The truth that they’re talking out on this approach must be setting off alarm bells within the Biden administration.
Jeh Johnson, Obama’s former homeland safety secretary is considered one of them.
From The Hill:
Jeh Johnson: State of affairs at Kabul airport ‘going to get rather a lot worse earlier than it will get higher’
Former Homeland Safety Secretary Jeh Johnson on Monday stated he believes the scenario at Hamid Karzai Worldwide Airport in Kabul is “going to get rather a lot worse earlier than it will get higher” as U.S. residents and Afghan allies scramble to evacuate Afghanistan amid the Taliban’s takeover.
Johnson, who additionally hung out as normal counsel on the Pentagon, stated the scene on the Kabul airport will probably worsen as Americans, particular immigrant visa candidates and people who qualify for refugee standing proceed to flood the premises in an try and get out of Afghanistan.
“This can be a nation of 38 million individuals. We’ve acquired to cope with the Americans, those that qualify for particular immigrant visas however then those that additionally qualify for refugee standing underneath our legal guidelines. And that inhabitants may snowball,” Johnson informed NBC’s Andrea Mitchell throughout an interview on Monday.
Leon Panetta was Obama’s protection secretary.
From FOX Information:
Leon Panetta calls Afghanistan a ‘Bay of Pigs’ second for Biden: ‘Our credibility proper now could be in query’
Former Secretary of Protection Leon Panetta stated Monday the unfolding debacle in Afghanistan was a “Bay of Pigs” second for President Joe Biden, referring to the ill-fated, U.S.-backed effort to overthrow Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.
Biden has come underneath sharp criticism for the chaos unfolding in Afghanistan because the Taliban seizes management, and Panetta was requested by CNN’s John King what this second meant for the president.
“In some ways, I consider John Kennedy and the Bay of Pigs, you realize?” Panetta stated. “It unfolded shortly and the president thought that all the pieces could be tremendous and that was not the case. However President Kennedy took accountability for what occurred. I strongly advocate to President Biden that he take accountability and admit the errors that had been made.”
Watch the video under:
Joe Biden is guilty for the botched Afghanistan withdrawal.
Don’t take it from us, take it from Obama-Biden administration officers. pic.twitter.com/MJirAO2ErY
— RNC Analysis (@RNCResearch) August 27, 2021
The Biden administration thought it was going to attend this out like a nasty information cycle.
They might not have been extra unsuitable.
Cross posted from American Lookout.
