[지금이뉴스]US military’s ‘Afghan catastrophe’…Trump writes ‘kill book’ for withdrawal of troops that caused chaos

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has begun preparing a death toll on those involved in the 2021 Afghanistan troop withdrawal operation, which ended in a ‘catastrophe’.

NBC reported on the 17th local time that President-elect Trump’s transition team is compiling a list of current and former senior U.S. military officials involved in the withdrawal operation from Afghanistan.

According to sources, the transition team is also considering indicting former and current military executives on the list in military courts.

In particular, it is known that military generals and other executives who participated in important decision-making processes may be indicted on charges of treason.

Because the withdrawal from Afghanistan was carried out under the instructions of President Joe Biden, the commander-in-chief of the military, it is unclear whether ‘treason’ will be established.

However, the source explained that there was also an intention to apply the maximum possible charges at the time and make it a kind of ‘example’.

It is reported that the transition team plans to form a special committee regarding the withdrawal from Afghanistan after the inauguration of the second Trump administration and begin an investigation into the situation at the time.

President Biden decided to withdraw troops from Afghanistan in 2021, his first year in office, but lack of preparation caused enormous confusion during the withdrawal process.

In particular, criticism in the United States boiled over as 13 U.S. soldiers died in a suicide bombing at Kabul Airport.

President-elect Trump also criticized the Afghan withdrawal operation during the election campaign, saying, “It was the most shameful moment in American history.”

Defense Secretary-designate Pete Hegseth also called the Afghan withdrawal operation a “humiliation” in his book and argued that “those involved should be fired en masse.”

However, there are counter-arguments that even President-elect Trump cannot escape responsibility for the withdrawal from Afghanistan.

In February 2020, while he was in office, President-elect Trump reached an agreement with the Taliban to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan by May 1, 2021.

President Biden, who took office later, expressed dissatisfaction that the U.S. government’s range of maneuver was narrowed because then-President-elect Trump reached an agreement with the Taliban to withdraw troops without a proper implementation plan.

In fact, last year, the White House said in an after-action review report on the Afghanistan withdrawal process submitted to Congress, “President Biden’s choices were seriously limited by the circumstances created by his predecessor. However, President Biden made careful and comprehensive decisions based on on-the-ground advice.” “He led the process,” he claimed.

The Trump administration is responsible for the chaos that occurred during the withdrawal of U.S. troops.

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