As Twitchy reported earlier, Defense Department spokesman John Kirby appeared in the press briefing room Thursday to play up the Biden administration’s finding that the Afghanistan withdrawal disaster was President Donald Trump’s fault; the only reason it looks like President Joe Biden’s screw-up is that he was “severely constrained by conditions” set by Trump. Biden certainly didn’t feel constrained by any of Trump’s executive orders when he took office, but this he couldn’t do anything about.
Kirby did his best Baghdad Bob impression, claiming that “For all this talk of chaos, I just didn’t see it.” He missed the video of Afghan men falling to their deaths after clinging onto landing gear? He missed the suicide bomber who killed 13 American service members? He didn’t see the videos of mothers handing their infant children to Marines guarding the barrier around the airfield?
Kirby wasn’t done yet, though. He did claim it was “ludicrous” that the U.S. left millions of dollars of military hardware in Afghanistan for the Taliban to use. He’s right — it was billions of dollars worth of hardware.
KIRBY: "This idea…is just LUDICROUS! That we left millions of dollars of stuff in Afghanistan?! We didn't!" pic.twitter.com/REstvHCKAj
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) April 6, 2023
Just a couple of weeks ago the Taliban released photos showing just some of the equipment left behind after the U.S. bugged out.
The Taliban have released new pictures of some of the military equipment left behind in Afghanistan by the U.S. Army. pic.twitter.com/N4ri379AzD
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) March 25, 2023
The Afghanistan withdrawal was such a disaster that even the mainstream media couldn’t find a way to cover for Biden.
He's right…
We left behind BILLIONS of dollars in equipment…including extremely sensitive stuff.
— Andrew Follett (@AndrewCFollett) April 6, 2023
Up is down, dark is light. Kirby has become the gaslighting spokesbot for the Biden administration. He’s a willing stooge for an administration that is devoid of former military.
— James Hutton (@JEHutton) April 6, 2023
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Um..
U.S. Left $7 Billion In Military Hardware In Afghanistan As Taliban Took Over, DOD Reportedly Findshttps://t.co/HktDc1DZlX— Kerry 🇺🇸 (@K1erry) April 6, 2023
As long as the mainstream media allows them to lie, they will continue lying.
One network gives pushback on a regular basis. The rest smile & nod approvingly.
— Daisy (@DaisyBelleLace) April 6, 2023
Any fact-checkers working today?
This is literally 2+2=5 level lying.
— DanOnBoard (@DanOnBoard11) April 6, 2023
His argument is it wasn’t ours, it was theirs because we… gave it to them? Jen Psaki herself said in 2021 their intention was NOT to leave behind the 5-7 billion dollars worth of aircraft, guns, vehicles, ammunition, and specialized equipment. Which is it, @WhiteHouse?
— גי דוד – Super Free Man (@DBCWriter) April 6, 2023
Kirby says “we didn’t leave the stuff in Afghanistan. We turned it over to the Afghan defense forces days before they were routed by the Taliban because we abandoned them”🤔
— Mr Samson (@guy_next_to_me) April 6, 2023
"That stuff (military hardware) belonged to the Afghans…." so it could be given to the Taliban. What a ludicrous defense of Biden's abandonment of Afghanistan. Shame, shame, shame on Kirby.
— Farm Lady (@farm_lady22) April 6, 2023
This guy is unbelievable
— Samuel Soehnel (@SamuelSoehnel) April 6, 2023
— T T B (@TTB_72) April 6, 2023
OMG. Just lying 100% of the time.
— larmanius (@larmanius) April 6, 2023
But you did. We saw it.
— MoJo (@Tennessee_Mojo) April 6, 2023
We did see it … they left billions in equipment as well as an untold number of American citizens and allies loyal to the United States.
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Related:
Taliban releases pics of military equipment abandoned in Afghanistan (this is infuriating) https://t.co/ug1ZxbADX6
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 25, 2023
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