White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby wrote Wednesday that there is “no use responding” to a “handful of vets” involved in the Afghanistan withdrawal debacle.
Fox News obtained an email sent with that message by Kirby on the anniversary of 9/11 as a “reply all” likely meant for his staffers.
“Clearly, I didn’t realize you were on the chain,” Kirby said about his initial email, Fox reported.
The high-profile spokesman sent the email about not responding to some military veterans to address questions from Fox News about Kirby’s providing cover for the Biden-Harris administration on its hurried departure from Afghanistan in August 2021.
That departure, which descended into chaos as U.S. troops left the country, left 13 Americans dead while the Taliban took over Afghanistan and gained more control than the militant Islamist movement had before the 9/11 attacks that originated there.
Kirby took heat from many who called his attitude “callous,” among other things.
“Horrifying. Callous. Disgraceful,” wrote Republican National Committee communications manager Steve Guest.
Fox News contributor and media critic Joe Concha wrote that the media should call on Kirby to “resign in shame.”
“Kirby is a bad guy and is also just plain bad at his job,” investigative journalist Jerry Dunleavy wrote.
“This is the attitude taken by a White House that utterly botched our withdrawal from a key geostrategic hotspot,” the New York Post’s editorial board wrote. “By a cadre of political careerists who let Afghanistan fall to a bloodthirsty terrorist enemy and saw 13 service members killed in a terrorist attack on Kabul airport.”
The Post also wrote that Kirby and the Biden-Harris administration might be rattled by a recent congressional report.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee, which has investigated the Biden-Harris administration’s Afghanistan exit, released a report last week detailing how the administration didn’t have a solid plan to leave despite clear warnings that the situation could get out of hand.
“Our investigation reveals the Biden-Harris administration had the information and opportunity to take necessary steps to plan for the inevitable collapse of the Afghan government, so we could safely evacuate U.S. personnel, American citizens, green card holders, and our brave Afghan allies,” Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said in a public statement.
The report by McCaul’s committee highlighted ample warning signs before a deadly terrorist attack took place at the airport’s Abbey Gate that killed 13 U.S. service members and 170 Afghan civilians.
“The Biden-Harris administration misled and, in some instances, directly lied to the American people at every stage of the withdrawal, from before the go-to-zero order until today,” the committee report says.
Jarrett Stepman is a columnist for The Daily Signal.
Reprinted with Permission from The Daily Signal – By Jarrett Stepman
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It has been pretty obvious for quite some time (years actually), that John Kirby will say and do just about anything to keep his job. Disrespecting concerns from service personnel is just another example that he is merely a mouthpiece for the regime.
Yes, as Hilary said what difference at this point does it make?
So glad this Truth Spinner is gonna be gone after the upcoming election. Good Riddence.
This “administration” is pathetic. If you can’t see that they only care about themselves, you are ignorant. If we were ever attacked on our turf, people like that don’t deserve protection. Let them call some of their many illegal friends.
Dictator Beijing biden and Communist harris not only love and support Terrorist by giving them $Billions of OUR MONEY to them but they SURRENDERED to Terrorist and got 13 U.S. Marines killed in the process. To this day, the traitors still haven’t said the 13 U.S. Marines
names they killed because of their cowardice.
So, you want a fair weather candidate who bends whichever way the wind is blowing.
Max 5050, you are lying to yourself if you think Trump’s plan was the same. Maybe you should go to Venezuela and enjoy their outstanding government.
Dems like to repeat their failures but always outdoing themselves in the process. Demonizing their critics is a standard response. Anyone remember Benghazi?
There is no use listening to, or asking a habitual liar of the Biden/Harris administration, but then again habitual liar, and Biden/Harris administration, are synonymous.That this clown was able to attain the rank but not leadership qualities of “Rear Admiral” for the men who had the unfortunate mishap of having to serve under him illustrates the full disaster of our current officer selection, and promotion system that breeds empty uniform politicians without a spine. He fits in seamlessly into this Marxist gaggle of anti-American misfits!
For someone with the title White House National Security. spokesman — the word spokesman indicating the idea of communication — to have the opinion that John Kirby has about not responding to the questions or comments of veterans is wrong, it is very wrong. It could be compared to a company that sells some find of packaged food and instead of listing the ingredients on the package would have a message that read — ” Information on contents, ingredients ,not available , there is no use trying to explain why that information is not available .” That would be unacceptable to people with any intelligence. and the John Kirby remark is unacceptable — an explanation is necessary. If no comment on the topic is made then a resignation would be the best way to resolve the matter. That would require an immediate comment on the matter by the new spokesman .
Rob citizenship comment about White House National Security spokesman remark. Note — the word ” kind “. is spelled incorrectly — somehow the word “find” got in there .So it should read “… some kind of packaged food …”