U.S. was warned that Afghanistan Withdrawal would be a nightmare

State Department Thumbs Nose At Congressional Subpoena

Secretary of State Antony Blinken of the State Department fails again. Blinkin is refusing to turn over to Congress a 2021 memo that had warned the Biden administration that its Afghanistan withdrawal would devolve into an absolute nightmare.

However, Blinken’s ignoring the congressional timeline to release the memo will reportedly not go unpunished.

The Wall Street Journal reports that a classified memo was sent on July 13, 2021, to Blinken and Director of Policy Planning Salman Ahmed ahead of the United States Aug. 31, 2021, troop withdrawal deadline. The memo warned that the Afghan government was at risk of collapse and that the Taliban’s advance was imminent should the US withdraw.

The memo indicated that the Afghan security forces would be crushed and the Taliban would enjoy rapid territorial gains.

Before the withdrawal, President Joe Biden claimed that a Taliban takeover and the Afgan governmental collapse were “highly unlikely.” Will we ever learn that Biden lies about everything?

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