U.S. military veterans tearfully criticize the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan as a disaster

　　China News Service, March 10th, "We found the suspect in the crowd, and the bombing attack was imminent, but our chief did not approve the operation." Andrews, a former US Marine Corps member, recalled the suicide attack at Kabul Airport. Said, He could only watch the explosion happen.

　　Andrews also described the Biden administration's withdrawal in 2021 as a "disaster" at a hearing in the US Congress on the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan on the 8th.

He cries, "The lack of accountability is inexcusable, yet no one is held accountable for it...not to this day."

"The withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan was a disaster"

　　On the 8th, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives held the first of a series of hearings aimed at examining the problems of the Biden administration's withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.

　　At the hearing, a number of active duty and veterans testified, using personal experience to describe the chaotic evacuation "disaster" and its far-reaching impact.　

On March 8, 2023, Taylor Vargas-Andrus shed tears at the Afghanistan withdrawal hearing.

　　Andrews was one of the US soldiers responsible for protecting the Kabul airport on August 26, 2021.

On the same day, a suicide bomb attack occurred at Kabul airport, killing 13 US soldiers and 170 Afghan civilians.

Andrews also lost an arm and a leg in the blast.

　　Andrews described the 2021 withdrawal as a "disaster".

He emotionally described how he was thrown into the air by the explosion, and watched his comrades die or lose consciousness beside him, and broke down several times.

　　U.S. Army paramedic Aidan Gunderson, who was on duty at Abbey Gate at the time, said: "I could see the faces of all the people we couldn't save, the people we left behind... We all did our best, it was a A nightmare."

"We are ignored, no one is responsible for our safety"

　　According to CNN, Andrews and another Marine spotted a suspect who matched the description of the suicide bombing witnesses in the crowd before the explosion.

On August 26, 2021, a suicide bomb attack occurred near Kabul Airport.

The picture shows that an explosion occurred outside Kabul International Airport on the same day, and thick smoke billowed from the scene.

　　"Through the communications network, we were informed that there was a potential threat, that a bombing attack was imminent. It was serious enough," Andrews said, asking his superiors to allow him to act, but "our superiors responded, 'I don't know.' "

　　"Plain and simple, we were ignored, our expertise was ignored, no one was responsible for our safety," Andrews said.

"The lack of responsibility and negligence is inexcusable. Yet no one is held accountable for it...not to this day."

　　In addition to the suicide attacks, witnesses spoke of the lasting trauma and emotional damage of war.

　　Retired Lieutenant Colonel Scott Mann said the US is facing a "mental health tsunami".

Calls to the psychological helpline for veterans jumped 81 percent in the first year after U.S. troops pulled out of Afghanistan, he said.

'The fall of Kabul is America's failure'

　　According to the Associated Press, multiple testimonies believe that the "fall" of Kabul is a failure of the United States, blaming every US government from Bush Jr. to Biden.

On August 26, 2021, a suicide bomb attack occurred near Kabul Airport.

The picture shows the injured being taken to the hospital.

　　At the hearing, witnesses criticized the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan as "lack of planning, lack of adequate support" and "a desperate attempt."

　　John Sopko, the US government's special inspector general for Afghan reconstruction operations, issued a report in February that concluded that Biden and his predecessor, the administration led by Republican President Trump, were both key responsible for the "sudden collapse" of the former Afghan government.

Including the Trump administration reaching an agreement with the Afghan Taliban to withdraw U.S. troops, and the Biden administration hastily withdrawing U.S. troops and defense contractors from Afghanistan.

　　The report also found that since the US military launched the war in Afghanistan in 2001, the policies of successive US governments have been constantly changing and contradictory.

　　"If we don't put politics aside and pursue accountability and lessons learned to address the terrible harm our military has suffered, to correct our mistreatment of our partners in Afghanistan, then this massive foreign policy will follow us home , and ultimately takes us back to where it all began - the 'Empire Graveyard,'" said Scott Mann.