Rand Paul grills Blinken on Kabul airstrike in heated hearing

OVER THERE. LET’S QUIT SENDING GOOD MONEY AFTER BAD. THE GUY, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, WAS HE AN ISIS OPERATIVE? >> THE ADMINISTRATION IS REVIEWING THAT STRIKE AND I’M SURE THAT A FULL ASSESSMENT WILL BE DONE. >> WE DON’T KNOW IF IT WAS AN >> WE DON’T KNOW IF IT WAS AN AID WORKER OR ISIS -K OP TRAERAT >> I DON’T KNOW. WE ARE REVIEWING IT. >> DO YOU THINK YOU’D KNOW BEFORE YOU OFF SOMEBODY WITH A DRONE WHETHER HE IS AN AID WORKER OR AN ISIS-K. THE THING IS, THIS ISN’T JUST YOU. IT’S BEEN GOING ON IN ADMINISTRATION TO ADMINISTRATION. THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION DRONED HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE. THERE IS BLOW BACK TO THAT. I HAVE SEEN PICTURES OF THESE BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN THAT WERE KILLED IN THE ATTACK. IF THAT’S TRUE AND NOT PROPAGANDA, IF THAT’S TRUE, GUESS WHAT? MAYBE YOU’VE CREATED HUNDREDS OR THOUSANDS OF NEW POTENTIAL TERRORISTS FROM BOMBING THE WRONG PEOPLE. YOU GOTTA KNOW -- WE CAN’T HAVE AN INVESTIGATION AFTER WE KILL PEOPLE. WE HAVE AN INVESTIGATION BEFORE WE KILL PEOPLE. WE’VE GOT PLENTY OF BOMBS. WE CAN BOMB THEM FROM ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE BOMBED THE HELICOPTERS AND THE PLANES WE LEFT BEHIND. EVEN THOUGH YOU SAID YOU DIDN’T KNOW ANY OF THIS, ONCE THEY TOOK OUR STUFF, WE SHOULD HAVE SAID YOU GOT 20 MINUTES TO GET OUT OF IT BECAUSE WE’RE GOING TO BLOW IT ALL UP. THEN YOU WOULD HAVE SENT A MESSAGE TO STRENGTH. INSTEAD WE BOMB SOMEBODY WHO WE’RE NOT SURE WAS AN AID WORKER OR AN ISIS-K OPERATIVE. THAT’S NOT SENDING A SIGNAL OF STRENGTH. IN THE END, THERE WILL BE MORE BLOW BACK FROM IT. IF YOU KILLED AN AID WORKER ON ACCIDENT? I MEAN, DO YOU THINK WE’RE BETTER OFF BECAUSE OF THAT? YOU REALLY COULD HAVE ACTED IN A POSITION OF STRENGTH BUT WOULD HAVE MADE THE FUNDAMENTAL DECISION THAT REALLY RUINED THE WHOLE THING FOR YOU WAS A MILITARY DECISION TO ABANDON BAGRAM AIR FORCE BASE BEFORE YOU WERE OUT. YOU MAY HAVE A POINT IT HAPPENED MORE QUICKLY THAN WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. OKAY. THAT’S AN HONEST MISTAKE. STILL A HUGE MISTAKE. PEOPLE MAKE JUDGMENTS IN THE MILITARY, THEY OUGHT TO BE RELIEVED OF THEIR POST. LEAVING BAGRAM AIR FORCE BASE WILL BE REMEMBERED IN HISTORY. IF YOU DO NOTHING ABOUT IT, YOU LEAVE THESE PEOPLE IN PLACE, WE ALL AGREED. REALLY, IT WAS A TERRIBLE MISTAKE. RELEASING MONEY TO THE TALIBAN WILL ADD INSULT TO INJURY. IT WILL BE TERRIBLE FOR THE MEMORY OF THE 13 SOLDIERS WHO DIED IN THE END WHO WERE THE FINAL SOLDIERS TO DIE IN THIS WAR IF YOU END UP GIVING MONEY TO THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN RUINING THE MIDDLE EAST AND

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Length: 2min 50sec (170 seconds)

Published: Tue Sep 14 2021