Tyler Vargas-Andrews Comments On Speech


Marine veteran Tyler Vargas-Andrews has once again reminded Americans of the real cost of President Joe Biden’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021—a cost that the White House has conveniently tried to brush under the rug as Biden wraps up his presidency. Vargas-Andrews, who barely survived the suicide bombing at Kabul Airport’s Abbey Gate, has had enough of Biden’s attempts to spin his tenure as a success. And frankly, who can blame him?

As Biden gave a farewell speech this week touting what he called a "stronger economy" and a "safer world," Vargas-Andrews delivered a gut-wrenching counterpoint. On X (formerly Twitter), the Marine veteran shared a powerful photo of himself in a hospital bed at Walter Reed and another of him kneeling at the grave of Marine Staff Sergeant Darin "Taylor" Hoover, one of the 13 brave Americans who lost their lives in the Abbey Gate attack. His post didn’t need flowery language or political spin—it was a raw reminder of the lives shattered by Biden’s reckless decisions.

“I and so many others felt it over 3 years ago, President Biden,” Vargas-Andrews wrote. His words are a chilling indictment of a presidency that has left behind not just the service members killed that day, but also the countless veterans who still carry the scars of Biden’s Afghanistan debacle.

This isn’t just about Vargas-Andrews. Conservative commentator Rob Smith added his voice to the conversation, posting images of the 13 fallen service members. For anyone who watched that horrifying day unfold, those faces serve as a stark reminder of the administration’s failure to protect the very men and women who swore an oath to defend this country.

Let’s not forget how we got here. Biden’s decision to close Bagram Air Base—a defensible, strategically important stronghold—forced U.S. forces to carry out the chaotic evacuation from the congested and indefensible Kabul Airport. It was a decision that directly put American service members in harm’s way. The result? A terrorist attack that killed 13 of our own and over 170 Afghans, while leaving hundreds more wounded. Vargas-Andrews himself suffered catastrophic injuries, and two of his friends were among the fallen.

And yet, to this day, neither Biden nor his administration has taken responsibility for the disaster. They’ve dodged accountability at every turn, refusing to admit that closing Bagram or relying on the Taliban to "secure" Kabul Airport was a catastrophic failure. Instead, Biden’s exit speech this week was yet another exercise in revisionist history, a victory lap from a man whose presidency is closing out with a dismal 61% of Americans labeling it a failure.

Biden’s defenders will argue that it was time to end America’s longest war. Fine. But the manner in which it was done—the lack of planning, the blind trust in the Taliban, and the abandonment of American citizens and allies—was nothing short of a national disgrace. Tyler Vargas-Andrews, the families of the 13 fallen service members, and the veterans who lived through that nightmare deserve better than the White House’s hollow spin.

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