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Jan 20 2022

Biden Administration Knew Afghan Air Force Would Collapse

Withdrawing from Afghanistan was a no-brainer. However, withdrawing abruptly, without preparation, was brainless. We were asked to believe that no one knew catastrophe would follow. Actually, everyone knew — including the Biden Administration.

Now, even AP admits it:

Months before President Joe Biden announced the U.S.’s complete withdrawal from Afghanistan last year, Washington’s watchdog warned that the Afghan air force would collapse without critical American aid, training and maintenance. The report was declassified Tuesday.

The report by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction John Sopko, submitted to the Department of Defense in January 2021, underscores that American authorities had been alerted that Afghanistan’s air force did not have the capabilities to survive after a U.S. withdrawal.

Why didn’t the public know about this earlier? Political reasons.

The inspector general’s office told The Associated Press on Monday that it is rare for SIGAR reports to be classified but when they are, a declassified version is issued by the Pentagon in under two months. The office said it did not know why it took the Defense Department more than a year before declassifying this particular report, or why it did so now, five months after the Taliban took power.

Kudos to AP for not quite letting the Afghanistan debacle sink without a trace. Now if we could just get more information on the Americans Biden left behind.

On a tip from Bluto.


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