
Nikki Haley slams 'softball' questions asked to Milley, Austin
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Former U.S. ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley joined "America Reports" and blasted the questions asked by journalists to both the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Defense Secretary Wednesday on the situation in Afghanistan.
Now, I appreciate that General Austin is going to the gulf. Right now, more than anything, we need to be making sure we rebuild these relationships with our allies that don’t trust us now, that don’t trust the decisions that we make, but don’t forget the military combat veterans, the veterans all over this country, are sitting there thinking, "But what about those we left behind?" They have to answer that and I don’t know what that press conference was. For journalists to be asking Austin and Milley about their pain and anger — it’s not about their pain and anger. It’s about the pain and anger of the American people. Those were the most softball questions I’ve ever heard at a time where we have a lot more questions that aren’t being answered and that goes to the conversation that supposedly took place between Biden and Ghani. For Biden to sit there and ask Ghani to change the perception of what was happening? The total wrong thing for a president to do. You don’t go asking another leader to change perception. You go and say "OK something’s wrong. We have to change direction. This is not going the way we want it to go." That was a warning sign and because he was worried about the political optics, he’s asking a foreign leader to fake it as opposed to actually changing direction and doing things that would save more lives. The whole thing’s a bit disturbing. I don’t get it. WATCH THE FULL INTERVIEW BELOW:More Related News