Questions for Milley and Austin about Afghanistan
What needs to be asked on Capitol Hill to understand the disaster
By Jed Babbin - - Saturday, September 25, 2021
ANALYSIS/OPINION:
In an attempt to justify the debacle President Biden created in his withdrawal from Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Gen. Mark Milley will testify on September 28 before the Senate Armed Services Committee. Gen. Milley will also be questioned about his widely-reported telephone calls with his Chinese counterpart in the last days of the Trump administration.
SASC Democrats will ask the sort of questions – many prepared with the help of the witnesses and their staff – that will be crafted to ensure that the answers only result in praise, rather than criticism, for the president and the witnesses. Therefore, Republicans who want facts rather than spin will have to question Messrs. Milley and Austin as any hostile witnesses would be in a courtroom cross-examination.
Senators usually make speeches instead of asking penetrating questions. That practice won’t differ very much on September 28, but perhaps we can help the SASC Republicans to focus by parsing out some of the most important and urgent questions. Because Mr. Austin seems to be a bystander rather than an active participant in what the Defense Department does, most of the questions should be directed to Gen. Milley.
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For Gen. Milley:
1. Dozens – perhaps hundreds – of American civilians and thousands of our Afghan allies were left in Afghanistan to the mercy of the Taliban, ISIS, al-Qaida, and other terrorists. Why were these people abandoned?
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