There was plenty of oversight built into the Ukrainian aid bill. Besides, dithering like this while Ukraine, nearly by itself, is holding back the biggest military threat to Europe’s peace and security since WW II, is not worthy of people who claim to admire Ronald Reagan.
The @USArmy's greatest stumbling block is the aggressiveness with which it rewards characteristics and accomplishments so utterly unrelated to actual job performance.
Nonsense. How can you engage on “humanitarian issues” w people who’re murdering entire families in Andorab, Baghlan because the people resisted terrorist rule? People who execute pregnant women for being policemen/soldiers have no humanity. Those who legitimize them are worse.
Afghan friends from Pansjir family are receiving one report after another from the ground - your cousin is dead, your uncle has been shot, his brother is dead etc. It has been this way all weekend - non-stop. The Afghans standing up to Terrorists massacred while the US watches.
Reports pouring in from Afghanistan - so many it is hard to keep track. Three female police officers executed in Kabul - another female police office, six months pregnant, executed by Taliban & so on. This is a moment of pure shame for every one of us if we allow this to continue
@michaelgwaltz@AmrullahSaleh2 We criticize the elected, legitimate Islamic Republic of Afghanistan for not fighting and when those that are left DO push back against an overthrow...where are we? Where is the EU? Talking to the Taliban. I feel sick...
Last night at 8:pm #Taliban killed Negar- a police officer in front of her son and husband in Ferzkoh, Ghor. She was pregnant and had a 5-6 months child. Negar worked for Ghor prison as police officer. #Afghanistan
@alinazary@michaelgwaltz@AhmadMassoud01 What happened to 100 nations to include the U.S. saying last month that we would not recognize a government taken by force?
@TaraCopp@halbritz @DeptofDefense @AmericanHumane Some used to be MWDs that were left behind because dogs are "equipment". No, they were not "current' MWDs but those dogs that were turned loose in a field, some of those WERE MWDs at one point. But we leave people behind so why would animals have any better chance?
@shawnjvandiver Now what can we do? As an Afghanistan vet, working at Central Command, my office continues to be inundated with calls and emails from those left behind and the State Dept emails and phone numbers we were directed to give them no longer work. I feel sick and powerless.
@SFRCdems We need more time. Please say "no" to this arbitrary 31 Aug deadline. The Taliban are not letting Afghans out, even with the "right paperwork".
.@SayedSamiSadat, 215th Corps commander and one of the young generals trained by US SOF who rose to the top of the ANA over the past four years, on the fall of Helmand. https://t.co/X2FwyXDL5f
Today with @RepMeijer I visited Kabul airport to conduct oversight on the evacuation.
Witnessing our young Marines and soldiers at the gates, navigating a confluence of humanity as raw and visceral as the world has ever seen, was indescribable.
Wanted to post an Afghanistan picture but no longer comfortable putting up too much from Kunar now. This captures mood anyway, seeing Asadabad burning. Worried about folks in the area. There's good people everywhere.