It was just reported that General McKenzie, who helped lead the disastrous Biden withdrawal from Afghanistan, is going to make a big announcement about the drone strike that was in response to the ISIS car bomb that killed 13 US service members:
BREAKING: Gen. McKenzie, head of U.S. Central Command, to announce no ISIS-K fighters killed in U.S. drone strike in Kabul Aug 29. 10 civilians killed, including 7 children in Toyota. No disciplinary action expected, officials say. US military stands by intel leading to strike.
— Lucas Tomlinson (@LucasFoxNews) September 17, 2021
Fox News reporter Lucas Tomlinson reports “Gen. McKenzie, head of U.S. Central Command, to announce no ISIS-K fighters killed in U.S. drone strike in Kabul Aug 29. 10 civilians killed, including 7 children in Toyota. No disciplinary action expected, officials say. US military stands by intel leading to strike.”
This is stunning. Even being on the ground in Kabul, our intel was so bad that we didn’t even kill a single ISIS-K fighter. Instead we took out three adults and seven children in a Toyota who did nothing wrong.
What a fitting testament to just how incompetent and cowardly Biden’s withdrawal was from beginning to end. Truly unbelievable that the US could be this inept. And yet they claim they are standing by the intelligence? What the heck?!?!
Josh Hawley says there must be accountability for this:
There must be accountability for this, the latest catastrophic chapter of a catastrophic Afghanistan withdrawal – and I will make the Senate go on the record and vote on Joe Biden’s nominees until there is https://t.co/4g02sc1I5w
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) September 17, 2021
Here’s some other responses from the Twitterverse:
Picturing the media landscape including twitter if Donald Trump done strikes 7 kids in response to a terror attack that killed 13 Americans as a result of bottle necking a chaotic withdrawal at Kabul airport where people were also falling from wheel wells of airplanes.
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) September 17, 2021
Did we get this intel from the Taliban? If so, did the Taliban set the U.S. up for this horrific situation? How horrific. https://t.co/cppkLhAlBA
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) September 17, 2021
Absolute disaster.
The whole withdrawal was a debacle, and the mess continues to this day. It’s crazy that no one has faced any real consequences for it. https://t.co/7aRifyzRWp
— AG (@AGHamilton29) September 17, 2021
Friday drop, natch. https://t.co/YHAiM678zp
— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) September 17, 2021
"We stand by the intel?" This is the logical extension of Biden's "I meant to do that" defense of the disorderly rout of our forces and allies that he caused in Afghanistan. Did we mean to kill those children too? https://t.co/ggDoHb0kRG
— David Freddoso (@freddoso) September 17, 2021
They're standing by the intel that turned out to be wrong??
Or just standing by the process limited by the fog of war? https://t.co/KlrvFLgYhu
— Ed Morrissey (@EdMorrissey) September 17, 2021