The senior national security official in Biden’s cabinet confirmed that the government’s decision to delay the withdrawal was to protect the Afghan government from collapse, but it failed. The picture shows the Biden government’s national security adviser Sullivan speaking at the White House press conference on February 4, 2021. (Image source: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
[See China News on August 25, 2021](See a report by Chinese reporter Li Ao)White HouseConfessed on Monday (August 23),AfghanistanThe collapse of the government is its failure.However, his defensive remarks also exposedBidenGovernment in AfghanistanWithdrawalSuch slow action and lack of planning are the result of intentional actions. Jack, the national security adviser of the United States. Sullivan (Jake Sullivan) admitted to reporters that despite the signs that the Taliban is about to take over Afghanistan, the Biden administration has decided not to initiate the evacuation process in advance, and its purpose is to slow the collapse of the Afghan government.
Sullivan said at a White House press conference on Monday: “We did consider large-scale (evacuation) operations by Afghans and others in the time frame of July and early August.”
“We are determined not to do this.”
“Because not only Afghan government officials, but also supporters of the Afghan government in Afghanistan, including many people who have come up with it now, say that doing so will trigger a complete government trust crisis.”
Sullivan acknowledged the failure of the White House: “It is true that the Afghan government cannot be saved without emptying or evacuation.”
“We admit it.” He continued. “But it was a deliberate judgment at the time.”
Then Sullivan made an incomprehensible defense. He said: “Once we face a situation where we need to act quickly to ensure the safety of the airport to help rescue those people, this is exactly what we have done, and this is what we are doing now.”
Earlier in the briefing, Sullivan claimed that “no matter whether Kabul fell in August or September or December, or next August, the fact is that whenever it falls, Kabul will have American citizens who need to evacuate.”
Sullivan seems to be suggesting that as long as there is an evacuation, there will be chaos and Americans will be left behind. This is inevitable. This shows that the Biden administration not only made serious mistakes in its judgment on the issue of troop withdrawal, but also did not have a clear and effective implementation plan.
Moreover, Sullivan’s remarks also reveal that the White House does not believe that the Afghan government can survive, which contradicts his later claim that the Afghan government will not collapse by delaying the withdrawal of troops.
“Kabul will have third-country nationals who will be evacuated and must be evacuated. There will be Afghans who are still fighting. They have supported the U.S. war effort for the past 20 years. They are (people) who will have to evacuate.”
The national security adviser said, and concluded: “Therefore, the evacuation in dangerous situations will have to be carried out at some point.”
“When you conduct such an operation, when you try to place assets into and protect the airport of a city occupied by a hostile force of a down government, your contingency plan will confront reality.”
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