In November of last year, John Kirby said that the leadership in China and Russia were pretty impressed by Biden’s Afghanistan withdrawal:
John Kirby: “Nations like China and Russia took a look at what we did in Afghanistan…and had to marvel at the speed, the efficiency, the effectiveness…” pic.twitter.com/aRhKrICZVw
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) November 30, 2022
The desperation to turn the Biden administration’s Afghanistan withdrawal into anything but the tragic disaster that it was continued today as outgoing White House chief of staff Ron Klain had this to say on MSNBC:
Outgoing Chief of Staff Ron Klain: Losing 13 servicemembers in Biden's botched Afghanistan withdrawal was a "horrible price to pay, BUT I do think that the evacuation was a tremendous humanitarian achievement." pic.twitter.com/DuG1dR3jZe
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) February 2, 2023
And of course because that was uttered on MSNBC there was no challenge offered up.
Klain also said this week that he learned everything he knows about being a good father from Joe Biden, so there definitely needs to be asterisks and footnotes accompanying all his statements.
The Afghan women and girls were unavailable for comment.
— Holly Thornton (@beachmamax2) February 2, 2023
It was a “tremendous achievement” perhaps according to the Taliban who were the recipients of so much equipment and weaponry Biden left behind for them.
Pathetic.
— debbie (@debbied122) February 2, 2023
It was a catastrophe that will be replayed for decades on what not to do https://t.co/AsZZmlCD30
— Edward Jarmakowicz (@Eddie_Jarmako) February 2, 2023
Watching this White House trying to spin that disaster into some kind of success story is nauseating. What’s equally infuriating is that nobody was held accountable.
The Taliban marked a year in power today, but celebrations were muted as Afghanistan struggles with rising poverty, drought, malnutrition and fading hope among women that they will have a decisive role in the country's future https://t.co/Jrfsz5y017
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 15, 2022
That doesn’t sound like much of a “humanitarian success story.”
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