The White House was asked on Tuesday what was Joe Biden’s biggest achievement and what had they learned from Biden’s biggest failure — which was Afghanistan.
VOA’s Psaki struggles with this question. @PWidakuswara: “What does the administration consider your biggest achievement in foreign policy in this first year & also what lessons have you learned from what is arguably the biggest failure, which is Afghanistan?” pic.twitter.com/82Dc3soyIw
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) December 14, 2021
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said she had to consult with Biden on the question; she couldn’t even list an achievement or comment on the immense debacle that was Afghanistan.
Fox’s Peter Doocy then asked Psaki, “Why is it that there are still Americans stranded in Afghanistan?”
.@PressSeche is asked about why Americans aren’t in Afghanistan.
PSAKI: “The United States does not track or put a tracker on American citizens traveling overseas…that would be quite a Fox News story, wouldn’t it be if we did that?” pic.twitter.com/YDzBlnmknX
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“Let me just reiterate something that Tony Blinken said back in August which is that if Americans who are in Afghanistan wanted to leave whether it was three weeks from now, a month from now, two months from now, back in August, we would help them get out and that is something we have delivered on our word on,” Psaki said. “Since that time we’ve directly assisted 479 American citizens, 450 lawful permanent residents and SIV holders and SIV applicants to depart Afghanistan.”
“Okay 479 left behind is a lot higher than the 100 to 200 that President Biden talked about at the end of August,” Doocy followed up. “How did you get the numbers?”
“There were people who determined they wanted to leave since then,” Psaki said.
First, the utter audacity of Psaki saying that “if Americans…wanted to leave.” Americans were screaming for help to get out since the U.S. pulled out. They didn’t just decide afterward; that’s just so much horse hockey.
Second, how dare they act as if they’re making great efforts, getting people out? If Americans have gotten out, it’s been largely through the help of private groups, with the Biden administration perhaps helping with their paperwork after they’ve gotten free. How dare they take credit for the work of others — while covering their own failures?
Third, Doocy pointed out very clearly how the numbers that they told us about only leaving about 100-200 Americans behind was a straight-up lie, just based on the White House’s numbers of the 479 Americans that they “helped” to get out. Yet, more Americans are left, and there are thousands of Afghan allies who remain.
Then Psaki makes an incredibly snotty comment that they don’t track Americans and that would be quite a story to Fox if they did.
However, the Biden administration also tried to evade Congress regarding another important requirement relating to Afghanistan.
Congress had made it a lawful requirement that the administration provide detailed information about the situation of the evacuation. This included a list listing all the people who were evacuated. The deadline was two weeks old, and they failed to meet it.
One senior member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee informed the Washington Examiner they hadn’t received any information from government officials as of Monday. This was one week beyond the deadline.
“The Biden administration was required by law to report to Congress by November 30 on the composition and vetting of the Afghan evacuees — including who actually got on our planes and just how many special immigrant visa holders, and others who helped US forces and our allies over the last 20 years were left behind. It has failed to do so,” Sen. Rob Portman (the top Republican on HSGAC), stated in a statement.
“The feckless nature of evacuation of Afghans has put our national security at risk, and I am troubled by the administration’s lack of responsibility or accountability on this issue,” Portman said.
H.R. H.R. You must provide information about how many people are currently evacuees at U.S. military holding areas or overseas bases, including the number of SIV holders and applicants as well as refugee referrals.
These individuals were expected to also provide details on the number of people who were flagged for security concerns, and the total cost of the ongoing operation at that time. This includes the resettlement fees.
All that was lost on the Biden team. We have to wonder why. From the very beginning they lied about who they evacuated and continue to hide the true nature of those they evacuated.
According to reports, Biden himself ordered them to evacuate “Afghans at risk” and “Families with women and children” — people who didn’t even have to have helped the U.S. or who hadn’t been previously vetted — to fill up the planes. They would have to tell the Congress what they were doing and why.
No wonder they don’t want to answer that. The worst thing about this is that thousands of Afghan allies, to whom we owed an obligation and to whom they are still responsible for getting out, were left behind.
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