Blinken admits evacuations with Afghans was a major screw-up, but not in those words

Blinken admits evacuations with Afghans was a major screw-up, but not in those words

Secretary of State Antony Blinken basically admits that the evacuation of Afghans and Americans was a disaster. He did not explicitly state that the U.S. evacuated Afghans first and vetted later, but he acknowledged the evacuation of American citizens and others could have been handled better. In testimony, Blinken accepted criticism that the execution of the withdrawal was flawed, even while defending the decision to withdraw troops from Afghan…