February 5, 2022

Turns out Joe Biden abandoned 9,000 Americans to the Taliban in his chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal

ByMonica Showalter at American Thinker:

After Joe Biden, Tony Blinken, and other Biden administration officials blithely assuredthat the number of Americans left behind in Afghanistan inthe chaotic U.S. pullout was minuscule, just a minor rounding error,Congress has come up with a more accuratefigure.

According to theDaily Caller:

• As many as 9,000 American citizens were left in Afghanistan when the U.S. military withdrew from the country Aug. 31, according to a report released Thursday by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
• In public statements, Biden administration officials, including Secretary of State Antony Blinken, claimed that only 100-150 Americans remained in Afghanistan and had contacted the U.S. government with a desire to leave. The State Department and Defense Departmentofficialsstuck to that number, even as the government publiclyadmittedthat large numbers…