A representative from Texas and top foreign affairs committee member, Michael McCaul, slammed Biden for his shotty withdrawal efforts in Afghanistan and for cowering to the Taliban who set a deadline for the US to evacuate. McCaul didn’t mince his words when he said Biden will ‘have blood on his hand’ following his catastrophic failures abroad.
Like many, McCaul was shocked to learn the person currently holding the most powerful position in the world just bow down and accept the Taliban’s deadline of August 31st. Even after his own staffers told him it would be impossible to meet.
“The president made this decision even though his own secretary of state [Anthony Blinken] and secretary of defense [Lloyd Austin] were saying we are going to get all Americans out of there [Afghanistan] and all of our Afghan partners,” McCaul sneered.
“There is no way it’s humanly possible by August 31st. In the span of that hour and a half classified briefing the president made this decision and it’s very clear it surprised everybody,” McCaul explained.
McCaul continued, “That’s why I say he will have blood [on his hands] because our military always says no man left behind, no one left behind, and the president is now leaving behind American citizens.”
McCaul ripped into Biden, “I think it’s a disgrace, a betrayal, and an unconditional surrender to the Taliban [that] should never have happened. This will have long-term consequences.”
The Pentagon said Tuesday that it had evacuated roughly 4,000 American passport holders and their families and expected to transport more in the coming days. But it remains unclear exactly how many Americans are still in the country – and there are tens of thousands of SIV applicants and refugees whom the Taliban does not seem inclined to let leave.
