Retired U.S. Marine Mark Geist, who defended American personnel during the 2012 terrorist attack on Benghazi, told Breitbart News on Sunday that the Biden administration’s stated withdrawal from Afghanistan was “appalling” given Bagram Airfield’s status as “the most defensible position” from which the U.S. could evacuate its people and allies from the failed state.
The Afghanistan withdrawal was “appalling, but not necessarily surprising,” Geist said on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Sunday with special guest host Mary Walter.
He added, “They had plenty of time to plan and utilize Bagram Air Base, which has the most strategic value there, and the most defensible position. [They could have] done it right, where we could have evaluated and vetted everybody that we were going to take out of there, but instead they came across as weak and it just ended up into ……
