Gen. Keane reacts to US generals' testimony on Afghan exit: Biden made decision 'largely on his own'

>> THEIR INPUT WAS RECEIVED BY THE PRESIDENT AND CONSIDERED BY THE PRESIDENT. STUART: PRESIDENT THREE OF THE TOP MILITARY LEADERS PRESENTING DIFFERENT TO GO STORE RIGS. GENERAL JACK KEANE, A RETIRED FOUR-STAR GENERAL, LOOKS TO ME THE OTHER FOUR GENERALS COMPLETELY UNDERCUT THE PRESIDENT. IS THAT HOW YOU SEE IT? >> WHAT I SEE, THEY GAVE VOICE AND TESTIMONY YESTERDAY TO SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN WIDELY REPORTED AND THAT IS THAT THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AND THE ENTIRE CHAIN OF COMMAND BELOW HIM GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE COMMANDER OF OUR FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN ALL RECOMMENDED TO MAINTAIN A MODEST FORCE IN AFGHANISTAN AND THEY WERE ABLE TO EXPLAIN TO THE PRESIDENT, THAT WAS THE OTHER BENEFIT OF THIS TESTIMONY AS IT CAME OUT THAT NOT ONLY DID THEY MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION BUT THEY SLAINED TO THE PRESIDENT WHAT THE RISK WERE AND WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES WERE. AS GENERAL McKENZIE CLEARLY POINTED OUT THE CONSEQUENCE IT COULD LEAD TO THE COLLAPSE OF THE AFGHAN GOVERNMENT AND SECURITY FORCES AND THE TAKEOVER OF THE TALIBAN OF THE COUNTRY AND GENERAL MILLEY WENT ACTUALLY FURTHER AND DESCRIBED WHAT HAS HAPPENED AS A STRATEGIC FAILURE WHICH HAS DAMAGED THE CREDIBILITY OF THE UNITED STATES WORLDWIDE. SO THE FACT THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HEARD THAT YESTERDAY, I THINK WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE ADVICE AND COUNCIL THAT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WAS GETTING. HE MADE THIS DECISION LARGELY ON HIS OWN WHAT IT COMES DOWN HERE, STUART. AND HE OWNS IT. STUART: HE OWNS IT BUT WILL HE OWN IT PUBLICLY? HE SHOULD, I THINK TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THIS TESTIMONY, DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT? >> OH, I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH THAT BUT I DON'T THINK BASED ON THE PATTERN WE'VE SEEN SO FAR, STUART, I DON'T THINK HE WILL DO THAT AT ALL. I THINK HE WILL STILL DEFLECT RESPONSIBILITY, TRY TO BLAME THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. THEN BLAME IT ON CONDITIONS OUTSIDE OF HIS CONTROL. NO, HE IS NOT GOING TO ACCEPT THAT RESPONSIBILITY. THAT IS WHY WE HAVE ELECTIONS, STUART. STUART: THAT IS TRUE, GENERAL. VERY TRUE INDEED. CHANGE THE SUBJECT SLIGHTLY. I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN THIS, OUTSPOKEN MARINE OFFICER, LIEUTENANT COLONEL STUART SCHELLERRER, WENT VIRAL SENT TO SOLITARY CONFINEMENT AHEAD OF HIS TRIAL. HIS PARENTS TALKED ABOUT THIS. ROLL TAPE. >> YES HE YOU INTO HE WOULD GO THERE FOR THE PRINCIPLED STAND HE TOOK BUT I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW HE DOES NOT DESERVE TO BE IN PRISON. >> HE HAS SERVED VALIANTLY. HE DESERVED HIS RIGHT TO SPEAK. HE ONLY SPOKE BECAUSE WHAT HE SAW HAPPENING IN KABUL HE COULDN'T TAKE IT. STUART: GENERAL KEANE, SHOULD HE BE IN PRISON, SOLITARY CONFINEMENT AWAITING TRIAL? >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RATIONALE IS THAT SOMEBODY WHO SPOKE OUT LIKE HE DID WOULD BE LOCKED UP FOR SOME REASON. I MEAN, LISTEN, SO OUR AUDIENCE UNDERSTANDS WHEN YOU JOIN THE MILITARY YOU GIVE UP CERTAIN CIVIL LIBERTIES. FREE SPEECH IS ONE OF THOSE CIVIL LIBERTIES THAT YOU'RE GIVING UP. YOU CANNOT UNDERMINE THE CHAIN OF COMMAND. THAT LEADS TO CHAOS AND BREAKS DOWN GOOD ORDER AND DISCIPLINE WHICH OUR UNITS HAVE TO HAVE. SO THEREFORE IF YOU DO THAT, IT IS PUNISHABLE AND THAT IS WHAT HE IS FACING. I'VE BEEN TOLD HE WAS GIVEN MANY, MANY WARNINGS BEFORE THE MARINE CORPS LEADERSHIP BEGAN TO TAKE ACTION. WHY HE IS ISOLATED AND PUT IN A BRIG SO TO SPEAK AWAITING A TRIAL MAKES NO SENSE TO ME. CERTAINLY HE IS NOT A FLIGHT RISK. AND HE IS NOT GOING TO DO HARM. HE HAS A STRONG VIEW. HE IS ENTITLED TO THAT VIEW BUT THERE ARE ALSO CONSEQUENCES FOR HAVING THAT VIEW INSIDE OF THE MILITARY IN TERMS OF OUR GOOD ORDER AND DISCIPLINE. STUART: GOT IT.

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Length: 3min 56sec (236 seconds)

Published: Wed Sep 29 2021