Washington Free Beacon: Marine Battalion Commander Fired After Blasting ‘Inept’ Military Leadership Over Afghanistan Withdrawal
A sitting Marine battalion commander was fired Friday after he slammed the "ineptitude" of U.S. military leadership over the disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal, saying he was willing to risk losing his 17-year career and future retirement pension in order to "demand accountability" from top military brass.
Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller said in a Facebook post that he was relieved for cause after he posted a video Thursday saying military leadership let service members down during the bungled Afghanistan withdrawal.
His video post came after a terrorist attack at Hamid Karzai International Airport on Thursday that killed 13 U.S. service members, including someone with whom Scheller had a close relationship.
"I have been relieved for caused based on a lack of trust and confidence," Scheller wrote.
In his Thursday video post, Scheller said that military leadership should take responsibility for the situation in Afghanistan.
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WNU Editor: I suspect that he is voicing what many are thinking right now.
He is indeed voicing what many are thinking.
ReplyDeleteWell, from what I gather I'd say there are more than a couple of black marks awaiting investigations of the biden administration's miscalculation on just how hapless much of the Afghan military was despite two decades of input by Nato and others. After all, you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink. We should have stuck with the Panshir Valley folks.
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ReplyDeleteYour correct. Panshir ValleyAfghans are a tough bunch. The massouds seem to be born leaders.
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Your correct. Panshir ValleyAfghans are a tough bunch. The massouds seem to be born leaders.
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Perhaps next time we will go with the Panshir Valley people should it become necessary to do this again. If necessary to do this again, a new strategy will be needed.
ReplyDeleteI think the Taliban are probably being kept on a very tight leash right now so I really don't think it's likely we'll have any problems from them in the near to mid term but that. In the long term, I don't know and we need to be contingency planning.