The House Oversight Committee has demanded documentation from several
Biden Administration entities regarding its unmitigated disaster of a
pullout from Afghanistan in August 2021. From Townhall:
“The Biden Administration was tragically unprepared for
the Afghanistan withdrawal and their decisions in the region directly
resulted in a national security and humanitarian catastrophe,” Oversight
Committee Chairman James Comer said in a statement on Friday.
“U.S. servicemen and women lost their lives, Americans were
abandoned, taxpayer dollars are unaccounted for, the Taliban gained
access to military equipment, progress for Afghan women was derailed,
and the entire area is now under hostile Taliban control,” Comer
continued. “The American people deserve answers and the Biden
Administration’s ongoing obstruction of this investigation is
unacceptable.”
The Biden administration has previously withheld
information from Republican members of the House Oversight Committee
while Democrats controlled the lower chamber. But now that Republicans
have their majority, the president and his administration won’t be able
to avoid answering questions or turning over documents.
“With the power of the gavel, Oversight Republicans are determined to
provide answers, transparency, and accountability,” Comer pledged of
his committee’s newest investigation into the Biden administration.
“Every relevant department and agency should be prepared to cooperate
and provide all requested information. The American people expect
nothing less,” Comer added.
The fallout from the Biden Administration’s botched withdrawal has been well-documented here at RedState.
- In August 2022, Brittany Sheehan
detailed the heartbreaking story of a brother of one of the 13 service
members killed, by a suicide bomber in the withdrawal’s chaotic last
days.
- Jennifer Van Laar
exclusively reported how Maj. Gen. Christopher Donahue ordered evacuees
off a transport plane, so he could bring a captured Taliban ground
weapon home as a war souvenir.
- Brandon Morse,
in January 2023, mentioned how Russia President Vladimir Putin is
reportedly in negotiations with the Taliban to purchase some, if not
all, of the military equipment the United States left behind in
Afghanistan, obviously for use in Russia’s war with Ukraine.
- Streiff, in December 2022, and Bob Hoge, in February 2023, noted the Taliban’s vigorous oppression of women
- In February 2023, Bonchie
took Biden Administration Charge d’Affaires to Afghanistan, Karen
Decker to the woodshed for her inane tweets regarding how all Afghan
women need is #BlackGirlMagic to rise up against their oppressors.
Malala Yousafzai would doubtless like a word with her.
While no one can argue with the need to hold this present
administration’s feet to the fire, the question remains as to whether
any of this will serve a genuine purpose–save red meat tossing and
soundbite generation for 2024 re-election campaigns. Republicans on
congressional committees talking tough is nothing new. What would be
unique is some actual action.
We’ve all had more than our fill of Republicans striking poses when
the cameras roll, followed by bellow and bluster. Submit some
indictments. Initiate some impeachments. Try, for once; disprove you’re
nothing more than Democrats Lite, perfectly content to play the game and
talk the talk, while cheerfully going along to get along. “The Squad”
often shows more integrity in sticking to its principles than the
establishment GOP.
So, do something, GOP. Once–just once–walk the talk.
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