Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz had a full-blown, bone-rattling smackdown on Gen. Mark Milley and Lloyd Austin during a Senate hearing this week on the failed departure from Afghanistan.
“You really blew that call, didn’t you, General?” Gaetz asked Austin.
“I believe that that was an issue of strategic stalemate and that if we had remained in Afghanistan with the advisory levels of effort then the government of Afghanistan…” Austin replied.
“That’s an interesting answer to a question. It’s just not one I asked you. You spent more time with Bob Woodward on this book than you spent analyzing the very likely prospect that the Afghanistan government was going to fall immediately to the Taliban, didn’t you?
And that was the mild part. Gaetz unleashed the anger many Americans still hold over the Biden administration’s failed departure of Afghanistan that left 13 military members dead, killed 10 innocent people in a drone strike and left hundreds—if not thousands—of Americans abandoned and at the mercy of the Taliban.
Despite the answers of military leaders, there need to be some consequences over the terrible exit after two decades in the country. There was no need to leave Americans in danger or to hand over the nation to the Taliban nearly overnight. So far, all Gaetz has received are excuses, and he’s tired of hearing about it as the video clearly reveals.
Rep. Matt Gaetz IS COMPLETELY RIGHT.
Gen. Mark Milley and Lloyd Austin are not capable of executing their duties to protect &/or train soldiers to protect America or our allies (Afghanistan was an ally).
They are protected by President Destroy American Lives, Allies & Economy Biden.
Rep. Gaetz is completely right on all that he said in his questioning of Milley and Austin. Neither of them should stay in their current cushy “jobs” and should be fired for insubordination and treason. The trouble is, no one in Washington has the gonads to do it. They’re part of the dark state and are so incompetent that it’s breathtaking. And, by the way, it’s unbelievable that they jailed a fellow officer for speaking out about the Afghanistan debacle when they, themselves, (esp. Milley) undercut the sitting President in COOPERATION WITH COMMUNIST CHINA!”
WHY haven’t Milley and Austin been arrested? They are both incompetent and have committed Treason. Boot them out and seize their pension’s
Both of the lying Traitors have got to go to the Brig and be Court Marshaled.. How can we even comprehend doing what they did???
Matt Getz is completely right, those Generals and Austin should resign, the only problem we have who is going to replace them under current screwed up administration?.
The Democrats are going to keep incompetent people in their jobs because the whole party has shown how incompetent they are themselves in trying to govern this nation.
Talk is cheap and alone accomplishes nothing.
The MSM is a puppet & Propaganda arm of the CIA & demonrat party. Scheller is a Patriot .
Benedict Milley a complete disgrace & embarrassment to the USA. Milley the incompetent stooge belongs dangling from a rope for the multiple counts of TREASON he committed. Scheller has more guts/balls than all of his commanders put together.
The U.S. military is a GLOBAL disgrace because of Sambo Austin, Milley & his stooges.