The Biden-Harris camp is desperately hoping you forgot about this blunderâbut brazen terrorists wonât let you, and neither will I.
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This week, the Taliban paraded billions of dollarsâ worth of U.S. military vehicles, helicopters, and weapons around the streets of Afghanistan, right near our former HQ at Bagram Air Base.
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Like a slap in the face, this was all to commemorate the third anniversary of Americaâs chaotic Afghanistan withdrawalâand theyâve gone as far as making it a national holiday.
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The fallout from this catastrophic exit will go down in history as the Biden-Harris administrationâs lowest moment. Donât believe me? Letâs count the ways they failed miserably and left terrorists with an arsenal to use against us.
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Hereâs a grim tally of what was left behind at Bagram:
- Nearly $1 billion in military aircraft
- 40,000 military vehicles
- 300,000 weapons
- Tens of millions of dollarsâ worth of ammunition for those weapons
- Communications items, including night vision and surveillance equipment
But the most sickening outcome of this disaster was the loss of 13 U.S. service members killed in a terrorist attack during evacuations at an airport in Kabul. One of those was Staff Sgt. Ryan Knauss of East Tennessee, a 23-year-old hero who was taken from us too soon.
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The road I live nearby, SSG Ryan C. Knauss Memorial Highway, was named in his honor, so I think about this tremendous loss nearly every day. Iâve held his parents when theyâve cried, promising to do everything I can to remember him and protect his legacy. Theyâre the reason I recently introduced legislation to make sure our tax dollars donât go to the monsters who are responsible for his death.
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The withdrawal wasnât just a tactical failure; it was a pathetic display of American weakness on the world stage, and to make matters worse, President Biden and Vice President Harris have the blood of American patriots on their hands.
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Our nation deserves leadership that stands firm against our enemies and values our heroesâand I pray thatâs what the American people choose this November.
