INBOX: 90 retired Generals and Admirals call for Milley and Austin to resign immediately pic.twitter.com/9Sm4eLKoC6
— Henry Rodgers (@henryrodgersdc) August 30, 2021
* Ninety retired military generals and admirals are demanding Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley resign
* Calls for resignation 'based on negligence in performing their duties primarily involving events surrounding the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan'
* Also said if Milley and Austin advised against withdrawal, they should have resigned if Biden didn't take their direction in protest of his leadership
* Letter's signatories include Admiral John Poindexter, who served as President Ronald Reagan's national security adviser
* House Rep. Ronny Jackson, the former top White House physician to Presidents Obama and Trump, is also a signatory to the letter
* Jackson has previously called into question Biden's cognitive fitness for the job and demanded that he take a test similar to the one given to Trump
* Comes after a Marine Lieutenant Colonel resigned after speaking out against his leadership for not pushing back against Biden's decisions in Afghanistan
* The Pentagon announced Monday the last U.S. troops left Kabul
Dozens of retired generals and admirals are demanding that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley resign over the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan.
'The retired Flag Officers signing this letter are calling for the resignation and retirement of the Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) based on negligence in performing their duties primarily involving events surrounding the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan,' 90 retired top-ranking military officials wrote in an open letter released Monday.
They all proposed what they, as former U.S. military decision makers, felt should have happened in the withdrawal, including not rushing the withdrawal and not abandoning the Bagram Air Base.
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Update #1: Ex-military officers call for Austin, Milley to resign over Afghanistan debacle (NYPost)
Update #2: Ret. gens. call on Lloyd Austin, Mark Milley to resign over Afghanistan (Business Insider)
WNU Editor: Only 90 Generals and Admirals?!?!?!? I expected more.
"Only 90"! A good indication of the caliber of flag and star officers serving and retired!
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Deleteand how many wanted Trump impeached?Kinzinger, a pilot in the Air National Guard who has been an outspoken critic of other Republican lawmakers seeking to overturn some states' electoral results, did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York said Thursday that Trump "should not hold office one day longer," calling Wednesday's events an insurrection against the U.S. that was ignited by the president.
ReplyDelete"The quickest and most effective way -- it can be done today -- to remove this president from office would be for the Vice President to immediately invoke the 25th Amendment," Schumer said in a statement. "If the Vice President and the Cabinet refuse to stand up, Congress should reconvene to impeach the president."
Members of Trump's Cabinet met Wednesday night to discuss invoking the 25th Amendment ahead of Biden's Jan. 20 inauguration, CBS News, Axios and CNN have reported.
Several lawmakers who sit on congressional committees that oversee the Pentagon and Department of Veterans Affairs are among those calling for Trump's removal. They include Rep. Adam Smith of Washington, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, and combat veteran and former presidential candidate Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts.
"Trump is directly responsible for this insurrection and violence. He needs to be removed from office immediately," Moulton, a veteran Marine Corps officer who served four tours in Iraq, wrote Wednesday on Twitter. "It is the Constitutional responsibility of Vice President Pence and the cabinet to exercise the power granted them by the 25th amendment."
Others included California Democrat Rep. Jackie Speier, who chairs the House Armed Services Personnel Subcommittee, and Chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee Rep. Mark Takano, another California Democrat.
"Trump's behavior is proof that he is unfit to serve and a threat to our democracy. I'm calling on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office," Takano tweeted.
Several members of the Senate committees that oversee the Pentagon and Department of Veterans Affairs have also called for action.
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DeleteOn August 31, 2021, Al-Qaeda's central media wing, Al-Sahab, released a statement congratulating the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, or the Taliban, on the complete withdrawal of U.S. forces from the country, claiming that this "victory" has put an end to U.S. military intervention in Muslim countries.
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The statement, which was released in Arabic and English, paid tribute to several Taliban leaders for their role in leading the jihad against the U.S.-led coalition and called on the Afghan people to show support for their new leadership.
The statement began by praising Allah for granting victory to his servants and defeating their enemies and for allowing the Quran to be recited inside the presidential palace in Kabul.
"Praise to the one who soothed our hearts with the recitation of the noble Quran from inside the palaces of Kabul after it was cleansed from the filth of the Americans," said the statement.
It further thanked Allah for "humiliating America, the head of disbelief," perceiving its withdrawal from Afghanistan as a "defeat that broke its back, lowered its flags, and tarnished its global reputation."
It added: "Congratulations to the Muslim nation for this historical victory, which was authored by Allah the Almighty, through the hands of the patient Afghan jihadi ummah, which defeated the invading empires, finally expelling them from Muslim lands."
Praising Afghan jihadis for their sacrifices in souls and money, and for their steadfastness throughout decades of war, the statement paid special tribute to Taliban top leader, Hibatu Allah Akhoun Zadeh.
"We congratulate the Afghan ummah on this great victory over the Crusaders' coalition and we congratulate the leadership of the Islamic Emirate, led by the Emir of The Believers, [...] Hibatu Allah Akhoun Zadeh, may Allah protect him."
The statement prayed for Allah to accept as martyrs the men and women who were killed during the struggle to attain this victory, naming some of the Taliban slain senior leaders including Mullah Omar, Akhtar Manssour, and Jalal Al-Din Haqqani.
Addressing Muslims, the statement underlined that the victory in Afghanistan is a lesson that highlights the strength of the Islamic nation when it unites in the effort to defend its religion, honor, land, and resources.
It further called on Muslims to pursue the path of jihad, saying this will pave the way for victory and empowerment, regardless of the size of the enemy's troops or its military power.
Speaking about the next chapter of jihad, the statement told Muslims to remain alert, because the victory in Afghanistan will open the door for all Muslim nations to liberate themselves from the rule of tyranny, as well as to the liberation of Palestine from the "Zionist occupation." The statement argued that "rubbing the noses of the U.S. and NATO the mud of Afghanistan has put an end to American and European arrogance, and to their greed in militarily invading Muslim nations."
It also noted that the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan provides an opportunity for people in Europe and east Asia "to get rid of American hegemony."
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