President Joe Biden’s order to hastily evacuate Afghanistan "will go down as one of the biggest blunders coming out of the National Security Council in the last 50 years," says retired Lt. Col. Stu Scheller.
The United States in 2021 withdrew the last of its troops from Afghanistan, ending a military presence in the beleaguered nation that lasted almost 20 years. The Taliban swiftly regained control of the country and the U.S. left behind billions in military weapons and equipment. Thirteen American service members were killed by a terrorist explosive at the Kabul airport in the final hours of the disastrous withdrawal.
Scheller made a video calling out the decision made by his superiors and was promptly disciplined for doing so. In December of the same year he was formally discharged from the Marine Corps. Scheller said Biden made the call to drastically reduce troop numbers "before evacuating American citizens."
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