Biden administration got Afghanistan, Ukraine wrong

 Newsmax:

While President Joe Biden has done little to nothing to hold the Pentagon accountable for foreign policy troubles in Afghanistan and Ukraine, according to Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin did not get a pass from the congressman at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Tuesday.

Questioning from Gaetz to Austin about the military pushing ''wokeism'' and ''Democratic socialism'' turned heated and resulting in Gaetz blasting the Pentagon's struggles in miscalculating the swift Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.

''No, I control the time,'' Gaetz scolded Austin for talking over his questioning. ''You guys have been blowing a lot of calls lately on matters of strategy, Mr. Secretary. You guys told us that Russia couldn't lose, you told us that the Taliban couldn't immediately win.''

Gaetz then asked Austin what will the $773 billion budget for fiscal 2023 do to help the Pentagon make ''accurate'' assessments — ''in the face of so many blown calls'' — when the National Defense University hosted a lecture on ''Responding to China: The Case for Global Justice and Democratic Socialism.''

Austin stared at Gaetz with no expression for seconds, before clicking to respond with no response, saying the budget speaks for itself.

''We're behind in hypersonics, we failed to deter Russia,'' Gaetz said.

Austin shot back quickly this time, cutting Gaetz off.

''What do you mean we're behind in hypersonics?'' Austin asked curtly. ''How do you make that assessment?''

After talking over each other debating the claim, Gaetz responded: ''By the way, your own people brief us that we're behind and China is winning. Are you aware of the briefings we get on hypersonics?''
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''While everyone else in the world seems to be developing capabilities and being more strategic, we've got time to embrace critical race theory at West Point, to embrace socialism at the National Defense University, to do mandatory pronoun training.''
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''I saw that the Obama administration tried to destroy our military by starving it of resources, and it seems the Biden administration is trying to destroy our military by force-feeding it wokeism.''
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Gaetz made several good points and Austin did not have good answers.  The leadership of the Biden administration has been a disaster on several fronts including the military.  The problem starts at the top with Biden, but Austin and the intel people have not been effective in responding to Biden's incompetence.   The woke nonsense being pushed by the military is a disaster for this country.

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