On The Third Anniversary Of The Abbey Gate Bombing, That Cost The Lives Of 13 U.S. Servicemembers, Harris Still Claims To Be “Comfortable” With Her Actions
THREE YEARS AFTER THE U.S. LEFT AFGHANISTAN, HARRIS AND BIDEN’S FAILURES HAVEN’T BEEN FORGOTTEN
- Today marks the third anniversary of the tragic bombing of Abbey Gate in Kabul, Afghanistan, that cost the lives of thirteen U.S. servicemembers.
- In that time, the Gold Star families of the heroes killed during Harris and Biden’s botched withdrawal have demanded answers and accountability.
- Christina Shamblin, mother-in-law of fallen Marine Sgt. Nicole Gee: “When our leaders, including our secretary of defense and our Commander in Chief call this evacuation a success as if there should be celebration, it is like a knife in the heart for our families and for the people who came back.”
- Cheryl Rex, whose son Marine Lance Cp. Dylan Merola died in the Kabul airport bombing: “I feel I deserve real answers, real truths, facts and for someone to be accountable for the failures that occurred, that took my son’s life.”
- Darin Hoover, who lost his son Taylor Hoover, a 31-year-old Marine Corps staff sergeant in the attack, said he wants to ensure “what happened to our kids never happens again” by getting President Trump reelected.
- Despite Harris’ “key role” in the administration’s Afghanistan withdrawal, she has failed to express any regret with her administration’s actions.
- Harris was “front and center” throughout the withdrawal attending “most of [Biden’s] security briefings.”
- According to Harris, she was the last person in the room with Biden when he decided to withdraw and has said “I do” when asked if she felt comfortable with the decision.
- Harris made no mention of the thirteen U.S. servicemembers who lost their lives at Abbey Gate during her DNC acceptance speech to become the Democrat’s presidential nominee.
- Instead of accepting responsibility for their decisions, the Harris-Biden administration has shamelessly attempted to brush off and downplay their Afghanistan disaster.
- The Harris-Biden administration has defended the disastrous withdrawal as “the correct policy choice.”
- As part of a news dump before Easter, in 2023, the Harris-Biden administration finally released a “watered-down, neutered” after-action report on the withdrawal of Afghanistan.
- Despite delaying the release for months, then repeatedly dumping versions of it on holiday weekends, the Harris-Biden administration claims to have been “incredibly transparent” on the after-action report.
- Then, the administration again “seemingly tried to bury” a declassified version of this report by releasing it late on a Friday before the long July 4th weekend.
- In the aftermath of the withdrawal, Harris even laughed when a reporter started asking about Americans still trapped during the withdrawal.
- In recent years, reports have revealed that the Harris-Biden administration missed two chances to neutralize the terrorist network behind the Kabul Airport suicide attack that killed 13 troops at Abbey Gate.
- The Islamic State operative who detonated the device at Abbey Gate had previously been detained at the Bagram prison until the Harris-Biden administration had U.S. troops and Afghans abandon it.
- The American people remember the lies Harris, Biden, and their administration told them over and over again, even if Harris and Biden refuses to admit the truth.
- One national poll of veterans found, 73 percent have a negative view of the Harris and Biden administration’s withdrawal from Afghanistan.
- 83 percent of veterans say they have been dissatisfied with the “lack of accountability from senior civilian and military officials in how they handled the withdrawal.”
THE AFGHANISTAN WITHDRAWAL EMOLDENED OUR ENEMIES AND TERRORIST PROXIES ACROSS THE GLOBE
- Instead of an orderly withdrawal, the Harris-Biden administration left behind billions in U.S. military equipment for terrorists, the Taliban took over the country in just days, 13 U.S. servicemembers were killed, and Afghan women are now at the mercy of the ruthless and repressive Taliban.
- The Harris-Biden administration’s disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal has also emboldened our adversaries, embarrassed our allies, and undermined our standing in the international community.
- Since the withdrawal, the Harris-Biden administration has provided more than $2.35 billion in taxpayer dollars to the Taliban government that took control of the country in 2021.
- Under the Harris-Biden administration, terrorism is now spreading throughout West Africa as “groups that have declared allegiance to Al Qaeda and the Islamic State are on the march.”
- The Harris-Biden administration’s Afghanistan withdrawal served as an inspiration to terrorist groups.
- Defense Department estimates state that following the Afghanistan withdrawal, both Al Qaeda and ISIS-K are growing in strength and could pose a significant threat beyond Afghanistan.
- ISIS-K recruited thousands of members in the fallout from the Afghanistan withdrawal, almost doubling in size in less than a year.
- Al Qaeda is “actively” using Afghanistan as a safe haven to “plot and plan attacks against American interests and the American homeland.”
- After the Taliban overran the Bagram Airfield prison that housed 5,000 inmates, they released senior Al Qaeda and Taliban members.
- Retired General Frank McKenzie, who served as Commander of the U.S. Central Command, said the Harris-Biden administration’s withdrawal has limited America’s ability to provide warnings of violent extremist organizations threats from Afghanistan making America less safe.
- In February 2021, the Harris-Biden administration revoked the terrorist designation applied to Iran-backed Houthis militants in Yemen.
IF ELECTED, HARRIS’ POLICIES WOULD FURTHER WEAKEN AMERICA’S MILITARY
DESPITE READINESS CONCERNS, HARRIS AND BIDEN HAVE CHOSEN TO POLITICIZE OUR MILITARY