Nets Skip Report White House Obstructed Efforts to Plan Afghan Withdrawal

With the midterm elections coming up later this year, the broadcast networks wanted nothing to do with the continued fallout from President Biden’s disastrous and deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan. The broadcast networks were so concerned about the consequences of President Biden’s disastrous and deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan, they decided to hide how The Washington PostAn Army report was released Tuesday by the Army describing how the State Department, Biden White House, and State Department hindered and obstructed the Army’s efforts to plan for and place assets before the deadline.

Instead of covering yet another damaging story for the Biden presidency that was sure to harm Democratic Party’s chances in November, CBS Evening News NBC Nightly News fixated on Peloton’s financial woes. And over on ABC’s World News TonightThen they complained that Starbucks wouldn’t allow employees to organize and praised the Oscar nominations.

“A new Army report looking into the chaos that followed the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan shows the clear tension between top military commanders and Biden administration officials,” Fox News Channel anchor Bret Baier announced during Special Report. “Senior military officials say those White House officials slowed preparations for an evacuation putting the lives of U.S. troops at greater risk.”

National security correspondent Jennifer Griffin read from the “Sworn testimony and 2,000 pages from an Army investigation, obtained by The Washington Post under the Freedom of Information Act, paint a damning picture of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.”

According to the paper’s assessment from those who had to deal with the Biden White House and State Department, they were of no help in the military’s efforts to prepare ahead of time to get Americans out:

Quote, “senior White House and State Department officials failed to grasp the Taliban’s steady advance on Afghanistan’s capital and resisted efforts by U.S. military leaders to prepare the evacuation of embassy personnel and Afghanistan allies weeks before Kabul’s fall,” endangering the lives of U.S. troops.

Another Army officer, who was involved in rescuing embassy personnel the day the facility was abandoned, described how some staff were “intoxicated and cowering in rooms” and others were dragging their feet “with absolutely no sense of urgency” as the Taliban were taking the city.

And the irritation with the Biden administration wasn’t just isolated to the troops on the ground. Griffin read also from high-ranking Generals and leaders of the Command Structure. Some even pointed out Ambassador Ross Wilson as a part of the problem.

Marine Brigadier General Farrell Sullivan, part of the evacuation planning, said engaging the U.S. Embassy was “like pulling teeth.” He wanted to stage supplies at Kabul airport by mid-July to evacuate 5,000 people, but was blocked.

Another commander said, quote, “The ambassador didn’t get it. 10-districts-a-day were falling to the Taliban.”

Griffin also noted that Army Lieutenant General Erik Kurilla was on Capitol Hill Tuesday and warned of the “approximately 10,000 ISIS detainees” in facilities across Syria. She then suggested it was “reminiscent of the absence of planning about what to do with ISIS detainees at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan,” one of which escaped and “killed 13 Americans with a suicide bomb…”

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Below is the transcript. Click “expand to read:

Fox News Channel’s Special Report
February 8, 2022
Eastern at 6:29 p.m.

BRET BAIER – A new Army report on the unrest that followed the U.S. withdrawal form Afghanistan shows clear tension between high ranking military commanders as well as Biden administration officials. According to senior military officers, those White House officials slow down evacuation preparations, putting lives at risk for U.S. soldiers.

Today on Capitol Hill Lieutenant General Erik Kurilla was asked questions about Afghanistan and Middle East. He then headed to Europe to oversee the U.S. troop deployments to NATO’s Eastern flank.

Jennifer Griffin, national security correspondent reports tonight from Pentagon

[Cuts to video]

JENNIFER GRAFF: Sworn testimony, 2,000 pages and documents from an Army investigation. The Washington PostThe Freedom of Information Act allows you to paint a shocking picture of U.S. withdrawals in Afghanistan.

Quote, “senior White House and State Department officials failed to grasp the Taliban’s steady advance on Afghanistan’s capital and resisted efforts by U.S. military leaders to prepare the evacuation of embassy personnel and Afghanistan allies weeks before Kabul’s fall,” endangering the lives of U.S. troops.

This published report was a catalyst for the nomination hearing of General Erik Kurilla (a three-star general who is slated to lead CENTCOM). Kurilla oversees the 18th Airborne Corps, as well many of those commanders that had to carry out the Afghanistan evacuation.

LT. GEN. MICHAEL “ERIK” KURILLA: I believe we have a moral obligation to help those at risk Afghans to come out of Afghanistan.

GRIFFIN: A 10th Mountain Division officer described U.S. troops moving from one room to the next at the embassy the day after Kabul fell. Some State Department personnel were, quote, “intoxicated and cowering in rooms” others were operating “with absolutely no sense of urgency.”

Fox reported that senior officials from the Administration said many of these accusations are untrue.

JEN PSAKI, PRESS SEECRETARY: The planning included positioning military forces.

GRIFFIN: Marine Brigadier General Farrell Sullivan, part of the evacuation planning, said engaging the U.S. Embassy was “like pulling teeth.” He wanted to stage supplies at Kabul airport by mid-July to evacuate 5,000 people, but was blocked.

Another commander said, quote, “The ambassador didn’t get it. 10-districts-a-day were falling to the Taliban.”

Today’s hearing was dominated by Senators who focused on Iran and China as well as the danger posed in Syria by ISIS.

KURILLA: That’s approximately 10,000 ISIS detainees at about two dozen different detention facilities. This is the ISIS army that’s still waiting.

[Cuts back to live]

GRIFFIN: The warning that General Kurilla gave about ISIS prisoners in Syria is an echo of the lack of planning for what to do about ISIS captives at Bagram Air Base (Afghanistan). After the U.S. pulled back, one of the detainees fled and was killed by a suicide bomb at Abbey Gate. Bret.

GRIFFIN: Jennifer Griffin live from the Pentagon. Thank you Jennifer.