Biden Administration Withholding Key Information
About Afghanistan: Watchdog
Posted By: earlybird, 10/30/2021 8:03:39 PM
President Joe Biden’s administration is withholding information about Afghanistan, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) John Sopko said during a speech on Friday. As an example, Sopko said, the Department of Defense (DoD) withheld information on the performance of Afghan security forces, including unit strength, training deficiencies, and casualty data, or, “in essence, nearly all the information you needed to know to determine whether the Afghan security forces were a real fighting force or a house of cards waiting to fall.” “In light of recent events, it is not surprising that the Afghan government, and likely some in DoD, wanted to keep that information under lock and key,” he added.
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Many of us saw the pathetic video of the drill instructor trying to teach them calisthenics. And none of them was able to read or write. And there was more. And none of our top talent military officers noticed this?