{"id":76872,"date":"2022-02-03T02:35:55","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T08:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=76872"},"modified":"2022-02-03T02:38:47","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T08:38:47","slug":"76872","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=76872","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Or, one could take a slightly different view and have a reasonable basis for thinking that it wasn&#8217;t a lack of preparation, but a lack of caring about it.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Report: Documents Show Biden Admin was Completely Unprepared for Afghanistan Withdrawal<br \/>\n<em>\u201cOutsiders were frustrated and suspicious the administration was having plenty of meetings but was stuck in bureaucratic inertia and lacked urgency until the last minute.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Biden Administration\u2019s evacuation of Afghanistan in August of 2021 was a disaster. Some analysts point to that moment as the beginning of Biden\u2019s imploding poll numbers, as Americans were horrified by the images of people clinging to airplanes and falling to their deaths.<\/p>\n<p>Newly leaked documents show that Biden and his team were completely unprepared for this moment.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Swan and Hans Nichols broke the news at\u00a0<a role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/leaked-document-reveals-bidens-afghan-failures-c27d790c-3a50-4734-8543-7db710898bb2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Scoop: Leaked document reveals Biden\u2019s Afghan failures<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gtm-content-click\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/21195411-afghanistan-memo?responsive=1&amp;title=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-vars-link-text=\"Leaked notes\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/21195411-afghanistan-memo?responsive=1&amp;title=1\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\">Leaked notes<\/a>\u00a0from a White House Situation Room meeting the day before Kabul fell shed new light on just how unprepared the Biden administration was to evacuate Afghan nationals who\u2019d helped the United States in its 20-year war against the Taliban.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why it matters:\u00a0<\/strong>Hours before the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan\u2019s capital on Aug. 15, 2021, senior Biden administration officials were still discussing and assigning basic actions involved in a mass civilian evacuation.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Outsiders were frustrated and suspicious the administration was having plenty of meetings but was stuck in bureaucratic inertia and lacked urgency until the last minute.<\/li>\n<li>While the word \u201cimmediately\u201d peppers the document, it\u2019s clear officials were still scrambling to finalize their plans \u2014 on the afternoon of Aug. 14.<\/li>\n<li>For example, they\u2019d just decided they needed to notify local Afghan staff \u201cto begin to register their interest in relocation to the United States,\u201d the document says.<\/li>\n<li>And they were still determining which countries could serve as transit points for evacuees.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Shelby Talcott of the\u00a0<a role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/01\/joe-biden-leaked-memo-afghanistan-unprepared\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Caller<\/a>\u00a0has more:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The obtained memo was the meeting\u2019s \u201csummary of conclusions\u201d and details how officials were still scrambling to work out simple details for a mass evacuation in Afghanistan. In one note, the memo reveals officials had only then come to the agreement to contact locally employed staff to gauge interest levels \u201cin relocation to the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The notes also reveal that officials hadn\u2019t yet sorted out exactly what countries would be transit points for those needing to leave Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cState [Department] and DOD [Department of Defense] will begin planning transit processing for evacuees after departure from Kabul,\u201d the document reads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NSC staff will chair a small group discussion to explore ways to engage Canada and other third countries, such as North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies, to host Afghan allies at risk \u2026 who have either not been vetted or received limited vetting,\u201d another portion of the memo reads.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>It\u2019s stunning to remember that Biden actually left Americans and allies behind. 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