Colorado Springs Gazette: Colorado Springs Republican U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn on Monday called the situation in Afghanistan "far worse than the fall of Saigon," while slamming the Pentagon, intelligence agencies and President Joe Biden.
A leading Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, Lamborn said the Pentagon and intelligence agencies downplayed the possibility of a Taliban takeover while boosting Biden's planned withdrawal of American troops, concluding the 20-year war effort.
"Just weeks ago, the chairman of the joint chiefs assured me that a total takeover by the Taliban was unlikely," Lamborn said in an email.
The congressman warned that American equipment now in Taliban hands — including armored vehicles, tactical aircraft and weapons from M-4 rifles to howitzers — could destabilize the region and threaten U.S. security.
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