Biden Rejects Generals' Advice to Maintain Troop Presence in Afghanistan, Leading to Swift Taliban Takeover
-
Ex-military leaders Milley and McKenzie testified that Biden ordered withdrawal from Afghanistan despite warnings it would lead to Taliban takeover.
-
Milley said his analysis was that accelerated withdrawal would likely lead to collapse of Afghan forces and government.
-
McKenzie said State Dept. didn't request emergency evacuation until after Kabul surrounded by Taliban.
-
Milley said Biden overruled advice to keep several hundred troops in Afghanistan.
-
Milley called the war a "strategic failure" that led to the Taliban occupying Kabul and the collapse of the Afghan military.