Milley crafted Biden Admin’s fiction that Afghanistan fell in just ‘eleven days’
Among the litany of mistakes and falsehoods pushed by U.S. military commanders and President Biden in 2021 was the fiction that Afghanistan fell in only “eleven days” in mid-August 2021.
In reality, the Taliban takeover unfolded over multiple months following then-President Joe Biden’s disastrous withdrawal “Go-to-Zero” order on April 14, 2021.
The architect responsible for that house of cards was then-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Mark Milley.
Many in the Biden Administration — President Biden himself, then-Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, then-Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and others — joined Milley in pushing the “eleven days” claim, although General Austin “Scottie” Miller, the final commander of NATO’s Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan, was among those who later admitted that Afghanistan had not collapsed in just eleven days, but rather over months.
Just the News previously laid out how Milley also wrongly dismissed the comparison between the fall of Saigon and the impending fall of Kabul, massively inflated the size of the Afghan military and police by falsely claiming that they numbered 325,000 to 350,000 strong, and demonstrated he was not tracking the reality on the ground when he underestimated the speed and scope of Taliban district control in the summer of 2021.
Milley then ran cover for the Biden Administration once the situation went sideways by misleading about how quickly the collapse of Afghanistan had occurred. Biden pardoned him on his last full day in office in January 2025.
Milley did not respond to requests for comment sent to him through Princeton University, where he was named a visiting professor last year, and through JPMorgan Chase, where he has been a senior adviser since 2024, nor to Just the News‘ previous reporting.
HFAC’s final report last year omitted many key facts about Milley’s miscalculations and false statements on Afghanistan — and also left out Milley’s misleading claims about Afghanistan falling in just a week and a half.
HFAC’s report from last year had a lengthy section where it attempted to claim that U.S. generals had predicted how quickly the Taliban would take over, when in reality Milley and other military commanders very much did not predict this.
“Chairman McCaul stands by his comprehensive report, the culmination of 18 transcribed interviews, seven public hearings, and 20,000 pages of documents obtained under subpoena from the State Department,” Emily Cassil, a spokesperson for McCaul, told Just the News.
The final HFAC report attempted to pit statements from Biden and former White House press secretary Jen Psaki against statements from Milley and others, but the claims from Biden and Psaki about being surprised by the Taliban takeover are not actually contradicted by those by Milley, who led the way in claiming that no one predicted Afghanistan would fall in just a week and a half…..
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Ilay David, brother of Hamas hostage Evyatar David, joins Glenn Beck to share his brother’s story 676 days after he was taken hostage. Evyatar made headlines after Hamas released footage of him digging his own grave.
Ilay also gives a strong message to the UN: “Talking about a Palestinian state out of the blue… it’s a crucial mistake.”
Video shows illegal alien brothers brutally beating man and stabbing him with a screwdriver over stolen scooter
Abrutal attack in Baltimore that involved a screwdriver stabbing was caught on security video, and two illegal aliens were arrested for the incident, Maryland police said.
The video from the security system at Bmore Licks, a popular ice cream store, captured the barbaric assault of a 20-year-old man on a scooter in the intersection as stunned bystanders looked on.
Court documents obtained by WBFF-TV said that the victim told police he was riding his scooter with friends when he was hit by two men also riding a scooter. His friends ran off, and the two men began punching and kicking the man.
Bystanders looked on and cars drove by, but no one intervened.
At one point, the victim was able to get away and run toward the ice cream shop before he was dragged out by his attackers, and one stabbed him with a flathead screwdriver. Seconds later, one of the attackers tried to drive his motorcycle over the victim’s legs.
Police said that an officer later noticed scooters that fit the description of those in the attack, and he followed their riders into a McDonald’s parking lot. The two were identified as 23-year-old Winston Rivero-Aliendo and his brother, 27-year-old Wilson Rivero-Aliendo.
One of the brothers admitted to police that they had attacked a black male, but he claimed that he was recovering a scooter that had been reported stolen from a delivery driver at a Popeye’s restaurant. He also admitted to hitting the man with his hands, feet, and a screwdriver.
An unnamed third person told police that the owner of the scooter had organized a group of Venezuelans to search for the stolen vehicle with the aid of a GPS tracking device…
US rejects UN blaming Israel re Gaza hunger; Jerusalem to OK Gaza city offensive TV7IsraelNews 28.08
1) Jerusalem is set to approve the IDF’s operational plans for the looming Gaza offensive.
2) U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee asserts that Israel is not to blame for the hunger in Gaza.
3) President Donald Trump heads a meeting, in which former British Premier Tony Blair and the President’s son-in-law and architect of the Abraham Accords Jared Kushner counseled him on the so-called day after the war in the Gaza Strip.
Trump’s energy agenda delivers lowest holiday gas prices in half decade
GasBuddy projects the national average at $3.15 a gallon — the cheapest holiday weekend at the pump since 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic brought global travel to a halt.
“Thanks to President Trump fully unleashing American energy dominance, gas prices this summer are at five-year lows and families are saving significant money at the pump,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News Digital.
“President Trump ended Joe Biden’s green new scam policies and is making America affordable again,” Leavitt added.
In 2024, gas prices stood at $3.29 per gallon, and the year prior reached $3.77.
The revelation comes as the Trump administration pushes ahead on energy dominance — a key pillar of the president’s economic and national security agenda.
With fuel prices heading into the holiday weekend at the lowest point in years, Energy Secretary Chris Wright argued that the administration’s energy agenda is directly benefiting consumers.
“President Trump campaigned on lowering costs and this Labor Day weekend, the American people will see the results firsthand at the gas pump — with the lowest gas prices in years,” Wright told Fox News Digital.
“His approach is simple and commonsense: more American energy means lower costs, more jobs, and more prosperity,” Wright added….
Mortgage rates fall to 10-month low
Freddie Mac’s latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey, released Thursday, showed the average rate on the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage fell to 6.56% from last week’s reading of 6.58%.
The average rate on a 30-year loan was 6.35% a year ago.
“Purchase demand continues to rise on the back of lower rates and solid economic growth,” said Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist. “Though many potential homebuyers still face affordability challenges, consistently lower rates may provide them with the impetus to enter the market.”
Meanwhile, the average rate on the 15-year fixed mortgage is unchanged from last week’s reading of 5.69%. One year ago, the rate on the 15-year fixed note averaged 5.51%.
The welcome news of lower rates comes as a recent report from Realtor.com found that fewer than 30% of homes on the U.S. housing market are affordable for the average household.
As of August, only 28% of homes on the market were priced within reach of the typical household, with the maximum affordable home price for a median-income household falling to $298,000. In 2019, that figure was $325,000, according to the real estate firm’s Buying Power Report. This means buying power is down by nearly $30,000 nationally since 2019, even though the median income rose by 15.7%.
Higher mortgage rates are largely to blame, according to Realtor.com chief economist Danielle Hale.
“Even as incomes grow, higher interest rates have eroded the real-world purchasing power of the typical American household,” Hale said, noting that “this dynamic is forcing many buyers to adjust their expectations, whether that means looking for smaller homes, moving farther out, or delaying the dream of homeownership altogether.”…
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Today on the Matt Walsh Show, the trans terrorism epidemic continues, and it’s only getting worse. It’s time to be brutally honest about this problem, and how to solve it.
DHS reveals jaw-dropping number of migrant arrests in LA
‘Fox & Friends’ co-hosts Emily Compagno, Charlie Hurt and Brian Kilmeade react to numbers indicating more than 5,000 migrants have been arrested in Los Angeles since June.
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