Kathianne
12-21-2022, 01:42 AM
Gunny
This is the one area I really want answers. Once again I'm wishing the conservatives would get all their information, write a good timeline and explanation, then make it crystal what happened. It's not just conservatives that were very upset at the withdrawal or the aftermath.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/20/republican-look-afghan-withdrawal-worries-white-house/
Republican look at Afghan withdrawal worries White HouseAnalysis by Olivier Knox
with research by Caroline Anders
December 20, 2022 at 11:59 a.m. EST
Hunter Biden? No, the withdrawal from Afghanistan.
As the White House braces for a blizzard of investigations by Republicans once they formally control the House, the one into the deadly and chaotic end of the two-decade war looms as the potentially bigger political problem for President Biden.
That’s what emerges from fresh reporting by my colleagues Yasmeen Abutaleb and Dan Lamothe, who note GOP scrutiny of the withdrawal “could prove more emotionally difficult and politically damaging” than probes into the younger Biden’s financial dealings.
“The investigation would probably gear up just as President Biden launches his reelection campaign early next year,” Yasmeen and Dan noted. “That prospect is worrying to some on the Biden team, according to current and former White House aides, Pentagon officials and others across the administration, many of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to talk candidly about a highly sensitive subject.”
“Republicans have not yet decided exactly where their inquiry will focus or how it will do its job, decisions that will depend in part on who leads key House committees.”
Who conducts the investigation?
There could be, for example, a joint investigation by the House Armed Services, Foreign Affairs and Intelligence committees, my colleagues reported. That would avoid breaking up the probe among committees that would only question agencies they oversee.
One note: Yes, Biden’s slump in job approval numbers came around the time of the withdrawal. But as The Daily 202 has written before, the collapse had started before that, with a covid resurgence, alarm over inflation and infighting over his domestic agenda.
But obviously it didn’t help. There were fuzzy numbers from the administration. There is anger about Afghans (and American citizens) being left behind after they risked their lives to help the war effort — which lingers to this day. Generals began contradicting Biden’s accounts of internal deliberations about leaving a residual force.
And the heartbreaking images from Kabul forced the White House to put off a planned presidential travel blitz that aides had hoped to use to sell Biden’s achievements on the economy, covid vaccinations and other areas, countering his drooping poll numbers.
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This is the one area I really want answers. Once again I'm wishing the conservatives would get all their information, write a good timeline and explanation, then make it crystal what happened. It's not just conservatives that were very upset at the withdrawal or the aftermath.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/20/republican-look-afghan-withdrawal-worries-white-house/
Republican look at Afghan withdrawal worries White HouseAnalysis by Olivier Knox
with research by Caroline Anders
December 20, 2022 at 11:59 a.m. EST
Hunter Biden? No, the withdrawal from Afghanistan.
As the White House braces for a blizzard of investigations by Republicans once they formally control the House, the one into the deadly and chaotic end of the two-decade war looms as the potentially bigger political problem for President Biden.
That’s what emerges from fresh reporting by my colleagues Yasmeen Abutaleb and Dan Lamothe, who note GOP scrutiny of the withdrawal “could prove more emotionally difficult and politically damaging” than probes into the younger Biden’s financial dealings.
“The investigation would probably gear up just as President Biden launches his reelection campaign early next year,” Yasmeen and Dan noted. “That prospect is worrying to some on the Biden team, according to current and former White House aides, Pentagon officials and others across the administration, many of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to talk candidly about a highly sensitive subject.”
“Republicans have not yet decided exactly where their inquiry will focus or how it will do its job, decisions that will depend in part on who leads key House committees.”
Who conducts the investigation?
There could be, for example, a joint investigation by the House Armed Services, Foreign Affairs and Intelligence committees, my colleagues reported. That would avoid breaking up the probe among committees that would only question agencies they oversee.
One note: Yes, Biden’s slump in job approval numbers came around the time of the withdrawal. But as The Daily 202 has written before, the collapse had started before that, with a covid resurgence, alarm over inflation and infighting over his domestic agenda.
But obviously it didn’t help. There were fuzzy numbers from the administration. There is anger about Afghans (and American citizens) being left behind after they risked their lives to help the war effort — which lingers to this day. Generals began contradicting Biden’s accounts of internal deliberations about leaving a residual force.
And the heartbreaking images from Kabul forced the White House to put off a planned presidential travel blitz that aides had hoped to use to sell Biden’s achievements on the economy, covid vaccinations and other areas, countering his drooping poll numbers.
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