{"id":326819,"date":"2021-08-18T04:25:19","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T01:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/mcconnell-calls-afghanistan-chaos-stain-on-our-reputation\/"},"modified":"2021-08-18T04:25:19","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T01:25:19","slug":"mcconnell-calls-afghanistan-chaos-stain-on-our-reputation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mcconnell-calls-afghanistan-chaos-stain-on-our-reputation\/","title":{"rendered":"#McConnell calls Afghanistan chaos stain on our reputation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#McConnell calls Afghanistan chaos stain on our reputation<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) called the tumultuous American withdrawal from Afghanistan and the swift reconquest of that country by the Taliban \u201can embarrassment\u201d and a \u201cstain on our national reputation\u201d Tuesday evening. <\/p>\n<p>McConnell, long an advocate of keeping US forces in the country, insisted on Fox <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a>\u2019 \u201cSpecial Report\u201d that the longtime strategy of keeping a rump force of 2,500 to hold the Taliban and other insurgent groups at bay \u201cwas working.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were spending about one percent of the Pentagon budget every year to keep the lid on in Afghanistan. We hadn\u2019t lost a single American soldier in combat in the last year,\u201d he told host Bret Baier. \u201cIt was working. It was working because we went there to prevent Al Qaeda from being back in full operational mode under the Taliban, and to sort of keep the lid on.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/US-Afghanistan.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speaks to reporters about the ongoing situation in Afghanistan during a news conference in Louisville, Ky., Monday, Aug. 16, 2021.\" class=\"wp-image-19161250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/US-Afghanistan.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/US-Afghanistan.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/US-Afghanistan.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell called the situation in Afghanistan a \u201cstain on our national reputation.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Timothy D. Easley<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s the most we could have hoped for in Afghanistan,\u201d McConnell added later in the interview. \u201cNobody thought we were going to create a Jeffersonian, Western-style democracy there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After a weekend of horrifying images of Afghans attempting to hitch a ride on departing American military planes by clinging to the outside of aircraft, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters at the White House Tuesday that the Taliban had agreed to allow \u201csafe passage\u201d to all those attempting to make it to Hamid Karzai International Airport on the outskirts of Kabul in the hope of getting on an outbound flight. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/AP21229362371629.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Afghan security guards try and maintain order as hundreds of people gather outside the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021\" class=\"wp-image-19161288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/AP21229362371629.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/AP21229362371629.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/AP21229362371629.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Afghan security guards try and maintain order as hundreds of people gather outside the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While Sullivan acknowledged reports that civilians were \u201cbeing turned away or pushed back or even beaten\u201d by Taliban fighters manning checkpoints, he insisted that \u201cvery large numbers\u201d had made it through and the US was taking up the problem of getting the rest out with the Islamic fundamentalist group. <\/p>\n<p>At the Pentagon, Joint Chiefs of Staff logistics specialist Maj. Gen. Hank Taylor told reporters Tuesday that more than 4,000 American forces were on the ground in Kabul \u2014 a number that is expected to top 6,000 in the coming days \u2014 and between 700 and 800 passengers had left the airport overnight on seven C-17 flights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now, we\u2019re looking at one aircraft per hour in and out,\u201d Taylor said. \u201cWe predict that our best effort could look like 5,000 to 9,000 passengers departing per day, but we are mindful that a number of factors influence this effort, and circumstances could change.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>McConnell estimated that there remain \u201cup to 15,000 Americans stranded out in the country, and who presumably have to beg the Taliban to let them get to the airport, not to mention the interpreters who worked with us, and other Afghans who are in danger because they cooperated with us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of this is the aftermath of the decision, first to withdraw, and then to withdraw in a precipitous and incompetent way,\u201d he added before calling the anarchic scenes \u201centirely predictable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only question was how quickly would it h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en and I\u2019m, frankly not surprised that there\u2019s a total collapse,\u201d McConnell said, later adding: \u201cWhen we left, our European allies left, [and] the president im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely said we\u2019re leaving quickly, the Afghan military knew at that point, they were on their own. And so, we are back to where we were \u2026 prior to 2001.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/AP21229363176584.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"A man holds a certificate acknowledging his work for Americans as hundreds of people gather outside the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan\" class=\"wp-image-19161290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/AP21229363176584.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/AP21229363176584.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/AP21229363176584.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A man holds a certificate acknowledging his work for Americans as hundreds of people gather outside the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In remarks from the East Room of the White House Monday, President Joe Biden admitted that the Taliban advance across the country happened \u201cmore quickly than we anticipated\u201d before casting blame for the slow pace of evacuations on Afghan civilians who were \u201cstill hopeful for their country\u201d and the Afghan government, which the president said sought to avoid a \u201ccrisis of confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McConnell did not buy that line, insisting that the White House \u201ccouldn\u2019t organize a two-car funeral.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey had plenty of time to at least plan an evacuation that had a chance to be successful,\u201d he said. \u201cSo far, this evacuation has failed.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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