Posted on 04/05/2024 11:04:12 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” CNN National Security Correspondent Kylie Atwood discussed her report on transcripts of congressional testimony by State Department officials John Bass, James DeHart, and Jayne Howell where DeHart said that tactical operations to get important people to the airport were created “from scratch” and the Bass said that the evacuation “substantially exceeded…the scope and scale of what had been contemplated.” And noted that the descriptions contradict the rosier picture of the evacuation painted by the Biden administration.
Atwood said, “The chaos on the ground after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, a reflection of the chaos behind the scenes from the State Department. … The officials painted a tumultuous picture of the evacuation, one testifying, ‘[W]e had to…create from scratch tactical operations that would get our priority people into the airport.’ He added, ‘[W]e were roughly as effective as we could be under the circumstances.’ Another saying he was never briefed on an established evacuation plan because, ‘we were already in the midst of executing an evacuation that substantially exceeded…the scope and scale of what had been contemplated.'”
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For any administration to lay claim that their abandonment was crafted ‘from scratch’ and not preplanned (so as not to seem like Trump wanted) is wild, foolish fantasy! They actually think that bullrushed desertion was orderly and effective? 13 dead soldiers, hundreds of others, people falling from wheel enclosures on air craft, running down the runway. Real ‘good scratch work’ you morons
The only thing better you should have done is to put all you ‘scratch fools’ there and make you wait ... and wait
They ate the paste and chewed the construction paper before getting a paperclip stuck in their nose.
The Biden administration totally FUBAR’d the entire operation. Left billions in arms, ordinance and equipment for the Taliban, and run like a coward.
There was a plan?
The only plan was to not use Trump's plan. Then it was just "BUG OUT!!!"
CNN you are the propaganda wing of the DNC
What ever they used many died 13 graves making raping sound.
It was a hand-crafted, artisanal evacuation plan.
They made it up as they went along and droned an innocent family but no one seems to care about that
“From scratch”-does sound like using a coloring book-or someone’s favorite recipe for biscuits...
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