Hegsett: The US withdrawal from Afghanistan was a major military and political failure
US Secretary of War Pete Hegsett has criticized the country’s military academies for not thoroughly examining the failures of the US military, especially the process of withdrawing American forces from Afghanistan.
Hegsett has said that some professors at US military academies avoid examining major military failures due to political sensitivities.
He called the chaotic withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan a major failure and said that the event had seriously damaged America’s international reputation.
The US Secretary of War also referred to the killing of 13 American soldiers in the attack on Kabul airport, calling it the result of strategic and political operational failures.
Hegsett has asked the US military academies to carefully examine the reasons for the collapse of the Afghan government and the failure of US military plans within a few days, and to clarify why senior military commanders failed to predict these developments.
