• Trump Team Weighs Courts-Martial For Officers Who Oversaw Afghanistan Withdrawal

    November 17, 2024
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    Editor's Note - At AFP we have been unabashadly calling for court martials for military leadership that allowed for the Marxist takeover of our armed forces, the deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan, and a use of a bioweapon against our troops.

    We heartily endorse the Trump administration's reported plans in this matter.


    Donald Trump's transition team is making a list of senior military officers who oversaw the disastrous 2021 withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan, and considering the possibility of court-martialing them for their failings, according to two sources cited by NBC News.  

    “They’re taking it very seriously,” said a source who claims to have knowledge of the initiative. The most notorious incident of the chaotic withdrawal was the Aug. 26, 2021 suicide bombing at Abbey Gate, just outside Hamid Karzai International Airport in the Afghan capital, Kabul. Thirteen US service members and more than 170 Afghan civilians were killed. In the following days, a US airstrike intended to kill the leader of the Islamic State instead killed 10 innocents. The rapid collapse of the US-sponsored Afghanistan government allowed enormous quantities of US weapons to fall into the hands of the Taliban. 

    Trump repeatedly pointed to the Afghanistan withdrawal debacle during his 2024 presidential campaign, calling the day of the suicide bombing "the most embarrassing day in the history of our country." Now, his transition team is exploring the creation of a commission to probe the decision-making that accompanied the withdrawal and to assess whether leaders could be charged and court-martialed. The team is even said to be considering whether officers who've left the military might be recalled to active duty to face military justice...

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    L Todd Wood

    L Todd Wood, a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, flew special operations helicopters supporting SEAL Team 6, Delta Force and others. After leaving the military, he pursued his other passion, finance, spending 18 years on Wall Street trading emerging market debt and was a national security columnist for The Washington Times. He is also founder/publisher of CDM and editor-in-chief of Tsarizm.com. For more information about L. Todd Wood, visit LToddWood.com.
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    Amy Williams

    Finally, there will be consequences and justice for bad Leadership! Praying for the Trump team’s success and a huge “Morale Boost” for our Military!❤️🇺🇸

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