This is John Batcher, conversation with my colleague Bill Rajo, the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy,

about an appearance by General Millie, once Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,

and General Mackenzie, once head of Sengcom during the period of the summer of

2021 leading up to the tragedy of the withdrawal from Cabell, lives lost, people abandoned behind, a catastrophe on a world scale because

all watched it on television, wanting to know about their decision-making and their advice given to the president that

summer. Bill addresses the question of Bagram, a large well-built airfield

40 kilometers outside of Cabell that was walked away from, abandoned, not

defended would have been the way to execute the withdrawal, but it wasn't used,

instead the one in the center of Kabul which was vulnerable to attack as it was,

the loss of Marines, the loss of many Afghanistan lives, the inadequate

evacuation. Bill addresses the hearing in Congress and how the Congress

persons, the people asking the questions did or did not

confront mention Bagram and the decision to leave it. Here's Bill Rajo to explain

Generalist Millian Mackenzie responding to members of Congress about the decision

making in the summer of 2021 leading up to the panicky withdrawal, the Neo from Kabul.

John, Bogrom was lightly touched on in the heat in the hearing.

It was probably the closest thing that the generals came to receiving criticism.

But the congressman really didn't understand what happened here.

If you go back and listen to the testimony of General Millie back in August of 2021, he said that

the commander on the ground went ahead and suggested that Bagram be closed. But then he went ahead and said, well that was because of we were

given a hard number of troops to keep in Afghanistan. The number was 600 to 700 troops. of President Biden to keep

keep Bogram open was that number of troops that were being advised to be

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