We all knew Biden was going to mess up, but this blunder is quite serious. We have thousands of Americans left behind in a Taliban ran-country, and we are depending on them to treat Americans well as they try to get to the airport to leave. This is a big ask and it’s placing a lot of faith in a group of people that even Biden said he doesn’t trust. Biden claims this mess was unavoidable. He blames Trump and everyone else. But it turns out the Trump Admin had the evacuation planned out so that American citizens would have been evacuated far earlier. It’s just that Biden canceled the plan that kept Americans out of harm’s way.
“Joe Biden’s State Department moved to cancel a critical State Department program aimed at providing swift and safe evacuations of Americans out of crisis zones just months prior to the fall of Kabul…
The “Contingency and Crisis Response Bureau” – which was designed to handle medical, diplomatic, and logistical support concerning Americans overseas was paused by Antony Blinken’s State Department earlier this year. The notification was officially signed just months before the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan.
“SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED,” an official State Department document from the Biden State Department begins, before outlining the following move the quash the Trump-era funding for the new bureau.
The document is dated June 11, 2021, [but] the decision to pause the program may have come as early as February, both undermining the original Trump-era date for the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, and certainly giving the Taliban time to threaten American assets and lives on the run-up to Joe Biden’s September 11th date of withdrawal.
The subject line reads: “(SBU) Contingency and Crisis Response Bureau,” and the body of the document recommends:
“That you direct the discontinuation of the establishment, and termination of, the Contingency and Crisis Response Bureau (CCR), and direct a further review of certain associated Department requirements and capabilities.”
It goes on:
“That you direct the discontinuation of the establishment, and termination of, CCR, consistent with the applicable legal requirements, necessary stakeholder engagement, and any applicable changes to the Foreign Affairs Manual and other requirements.”
The document reveals the recommendations were approved on June 11th, 2021.
Former President Donald J. Trump blasted Biden’s irresponsible move:
“My Administration prioritized keeping Americans safe, Biden leaves them behind. Canceling this successful Trump Administration program before the withdrawal that would have helped tens of thousands of Americans reach home is beyond disgraceful. Our withdrawal was conditions-based and perfect, it would have been flawlessly executed and nobody would have even known we left. The Biden execution and withdrawal is perhaps the greatest embarrassment to our Country in History, both as a military and humanitarian operation.”
So it begs the question, did Biden want to strand thousands of Americans in Afghanistan? All the Biden Administration had to do is follow the plans set up by Trump to get Americans safely out of the country. But I guess that would have made sense and they are not about to start doing that.
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