Summary
Lt. Gen. Christopher Donahue, the last U.S. soldier to leave Afghanistan, has had his promotion to lead U.S. Army operations in Europe blocked by Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin, reportedly at the request of Donald Trump’s transition team.
The block reflects tensions over the chaotic 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal, with Trump allies pushing for investigations into military leadership during the operation.
Some have suggested court-martialing officers involved.
Critics warn such moves undermine military readiness, while Trump and allies label the withdrawal a “humiliating retreat.”
Donahue’s promotion remains in limbo as debates continue.
Wow thats one hell of a straw man. Im pretry sure the republicans are unhappy about the nature of the withdrawal not the fact the withdrawal was happening.
13 american service members died during the poorly handled evacuation and some napkin math says about $85billion of equipment was left behind.
The republicans are rightfully asking questions about why the proccess was such a clusterfuck. And the answers so far are anything but reassuring.
The nature of the withdrawal was chaotic because trump planed it and wanted to throw a stink bomb at Biden.
Biden could have modified said plan leaders take responsibility they dont blame others for failures that happened under their whatch.