More than three years have passed since the disastrous withdrawal of the final United States forces from Afghanistan. Joe Biden’s abrupt, wasteful and deadly exit punctuated 20 years of spent American blood and treasure with an unforgettable catastrophe. It rehabilitated the Taliban regime and showcased America’s military as vulnerable.

The U.S. government has declined to release a detailed report to the public on what happened, until now.

On September 9, the United States House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee released its long-awaited report on the Afghanistan debacle. Committee Chairman Michael McCaul claimed he preferred making the material public much earlier. But the Democratic Party controlled the House of Representatives during the Afghanistan fiasco; under its control, the Foreign Affairs Committee conducted only one hearing, held no transcribed interviews, and publicly requested zero documents. And only Democrats had the authority to subpoena information. An interim report commissioned by Republicans was drastically limited.

Democrats lost control of the House in last year’s elections, including control of the Foreign Affairs Committee. This gave McCaul power to officially investigate and force people to testify. What has been revealed is shocking.

Muzzling Witnesses

Among the biggest revelations was the extent to which Joe Biden’s regime interfered in the investigation. The report claimed the executive branch has been stonewalling the committee’s work. This includes certain important individuals refusing to testify even when subpoenaed. People who have refused to cooperate with the committee or have otherwise declined to provide testimony include:

• Secretary of State Antony Blinken
• Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin
• National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan
• Then-Department of Defense Spokesman John Kirby
• Then-White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain

The committee did not specify if it sought testimony or interviews with Joe Biden or Kamala Harris, but they were not interviewed.

The report claimed “the White House has led a campaign of obstruction against this investigation.” It blamed Biden’s regime for stopping witnesses from coming forward and singled out Blinken and the State Department for stonewalling. The committee has since subpoenaed Blinken to give testimony tomorrow, September 24.

These figures were among the government’s top decision-makers during the withdrawal. So many of them dragging their feet suggests there is something to hide.

‘He’s Not Listening to Anybody’

Soon after taking office, Biden started an interagency effort regarding an exit from Afghanistan. But the resulting report, which was compiled by Sullivan, was very selective. Key individuals had their opinions sidelined. The secretary of defense, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and others “all advised against withdrawing all U.S. troops from the country.” This was “both during and after the interagency review.”

Other allied countries also urged Biden not to withdraw forces completely. Britain’s government warned that “withdrawal under [Biden’s plan] would be perceived as a strategic victory for the Taliban.”

The Doha Agreement was a deal between the Taliban and the Trump administration that outlined U.S. conditions for leaving. Under that agreement, the Taliban was to cut ties with al Qaeda, stop attacking U.S. and allied forces, and start discussions with the Afghan government.

The Taliban had not met those requirements, and everyone knew it. Officials from the Department of State and the Department of Defense warned that this was the case. “Yet the decision was made anyway,” the report stated. “The Biden-Harris administration had clear and undisputable authority to pause the withdrawal pursuant to the Doha Agreement, but instead used it as a pretext to justify their political aims.” State Department Spokesman Ned Price called the Taliban’s noncompliance “immaterial.”

“The evidence proves President Biden’s decision to withdraw all U.S. troops was not based on the security situation, the Doha Agreement or the advice of his senior national security advisers or our allies,” the report summarized. It quoted Col. Seth Krummrich of Special Operations Command as saying, “The president decided we’re gonna leave, and he’s not listening to anybody.”

No Man Left Behind?

Even after deciding to leave, the government did little to prepare for the withdrawal. “[L]ittle to no effort was made to determine the number of American citizens in Afghanistan prior to the [evacuation],” the report read. Little planning was made for granting Afghan allies war visas to get out of the country. There was no non-combatant evacuation operation planned until after the capital city fell to Taliban forces. State Department official Carol Perez summed it up: “We were still in planning when [Kabul] fell.”

Whether the U.S. should have continued in Afghanistan was a legitimate debate. How Biden evacuated U.S. forces from Afghanistan was not part of that debate. He could have taken many steps between January and August to protect American allies, interests and lives. He could have reconsidered the decision based on evidence on the ground. It seems that he and his team went out of their way to produce a disastrous evacuation.

It’s as if what happened in Afghanistan was by design.

The government’s stonewalling suggests this is basically an open secret in Washington.

“Many people said this catastrophe proved Joe Biden’s incompetence,” Trumpet editor in chief Gerald Flurry writes in America Under Attack. “But it wasn’t the result of bungling and bad judgment. It was part of a deliberate, planned effort to destroy America. And it was terribly successful.”

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Iran’s multi-pronged war against Israel, China’s threats toward Taiwan are partially the result of the enemies of the West correctly interpreting America’s surrender to the Taliban as open season for international aggression. Men, women and children around the world are still dying today because of Afghanistan.

“Can you recognize the Afghanistan disaster as the earthshaking event that it was?” Mr. Flurry asks. “Can you see just how disastrous so many of the actions this administration is taking are—how monumentally destructive to America and the world?”

What happened with Afghanistan still is baffling to many. McCaul for his part is still trying to fill in the blanks left from no-shows like Blinken and Sullivan. “[T]here are still unanswered questions,” he said, “and more information must be gathered if we are to ensure such a catastrophe never happens again.”

Afghanistan is an enigma. But it becomes clearer when put into the context of a plan to intentionally destroy the nation. Order your free copy of America Under Attack to understand the individual behind it all, and where his motivation comes from.