CNN’s Tapper RIPS Into Biden’s Refusal to Admit He Was Wrong About Afghanistan

On Sunday’s episode of CNN’s State of the UnionJake Tapper, an anchor, criticized President Joe Biden’s refusal to admit responsibility for the terrible troop withdrawal in Afghanistan, which resulted 13 deaths of American soldiers including Ryan Knauss. 

“It’s difficult to overstate how insulting Biden’s sweeping rejection is to so many service members and veterans, given the full content of the 2,000 pages of documents in this U.S. Army investigation which CNN has also obtained.” Tapper said at the end of Sunday’s State of the Union regarding the declassified documents of the U.S. Army inquiry into the failure to withdraw the U.S. from Afghanistan.

In an interview with Lester Holt on Thursday, Biden raised doubts about the investigation’s findings. Tapper referred to those remarks from Biden. “Many accounts were from troops on the ground at the gates near the canal around the airport, non-commissioned officers, junior officers, Joes, people with little political motivation to lie and heavy legal and moral obligation to tell the truth in sworn statements.” 

 

 

Tapper continued to scold Biden and eventually admitted that he was wrong. “I don’t doubt President Biden cares, but I do not understand why he would not manifest that care into taking this investigation more seriously, absorbing the tragic details, contemplating the obvious failures of his administration. Failures that cost lives” Tapper railed. “Biden always bristles at this because he feels confident that ending the war in Afghanistan was the right decision, but that’s not the question at hand. The question is not whether the war will end, but when it will. What does that mean for those who witnessed it end? 

Regarding Biden’s denials of the investigation Tapper said “No part of these military interviews ring true because that’s not what I was told? This is not what I was told.  

Tapper, like most Americans, isn’t taking Biden’s insistence that he cares at face value, he wants proof: “Do you not have an obligation towards Ryan Knauss and his family? Doesn’t this show you how much care you have? Otherwise isn’t it just words?” 

You can expand the text to read this section’s transcript 

CNN’s State of the Union
2/13/2022
9:49.12 am

JAKE TAPPER:  It’s difficult to overstate how insulting Biden’s sweeping rejection is to so many service members and veterans, given the full content of the 2,000 pages of documents in this U.S. Army investigation which CNN has also obtained. Most accounts came from soldiers on the ground near the airport’s gates, including non-commissioned officers and junior officers. Joes were also involved. These people have little motivation to lie, and are legally and morally bound to truthfully give sworn statements. Like the people Biden visited last November in Fort Bragg. 

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TAPPER These are the kinds of failures that can cost lives. Biden is always adamant about this, because he thinks ending the war against Afghanistan was the right choice. However that’s another question. The question is not whether the war will end, but when it will. What does that mean for those who witnessed it end? Because that is not what I was told, no part of the military interviews rings true. What if this wasn’t what you were taught? Don’t you feel obligated, sir? Ryan Knauss, his grieving mom and family, owe you an obligation?  

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TAPPER: This is how to show how much you love them. TAPPER: Isn’t that just words without meaning?

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