“This disaster, the catastrophe that we’re watching unfold right now across Afghanistan did not have to happen,“ she said.
Rep. Liz Cheney said Sunday that the Taliban’s rapid-fire military triumph in Afghanistan was a disaster that “did not have to happen.” “It’s inexcusable,” said Cheney (R-Wyo.) on ABC’s “This Week.” Cheney, for whom the war in Afghanistan is part of her family’s political legacy, said the United States had failed the people of Afghanistan — and that its recent actions would make the nation’s allies doubt whether they can trust the United States. “This disaster, the catastrophe that we’re watching unfold right now across Afghanistan did not have to happen,“ she said. „It’s not just that people predicted this would happen; everyone was warned that this would happen. We’ve now created a situation where as we get to the 20th anniversary of 9/11, we are surrendering Afghanistan to the terrorist organization that housed al Qaeda when they plotted and planned the attacks against us.
