Jake Tapper Calls out Pentagon’s ‘Total About-Face’ on Kabul Strike: Would They ‘Be Admitting this’ if It Hadn’t Been Reported?

‘One wonders how much the Pentagon would be admitting this if it weren’t for your reporting and “The New York Times” and other media outlets’

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(Via Mediaite)

CNN’s Jake Tapper opened his show Friday with the horrific news of the military’s “massive and deadly mistake” in Afghanistan.

U.S. CENTCOM Commander Gen. Kenneth McKenzie admitted that the August 29 airstrike the military initially claimed took out ISIS-K targets actually took out 10 civilians, including 7 children.

Tapper reminded viewers, “This is a total about-face from the Pentagon’s initial denial they got anything wrong days after the attack.”

He showed video of Gen. Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, saying on September 1 this was “a righteous strike.”

“No longer so righteous,” Tapper said before speaking with correspondent Anna Coren, who reported on serious questions about the strike just days ago.

 

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