by Jennifer Smith, Elizabet Elkind, Josh Boswell, Michelle Thompson and Harriet Alexander at The Daily Mail
The fathers of two of the Marines killed in the bomb attack on Kabul airport on Thursday are blaming Biden for their deaths, saying he turned his back on the troops on the ground with his chaotic evacuation attempt that made them sitting ducks for ISIS-K.
Thirteen US troops were killed along with 170 Afghans at the airport when a single suicide bomber detonated his vest.
Among them were Navy medic Max Soviak, and Marines Hunter Lopez, Rylee McCollum, David Lee Espinoza, Kareem Nikoui, Jared Schmitz, Ryan Knauss and Sgt Taylor Hoover.
Nikoui’s father Steve told The Daily Beast on Friday: ‘They sent my son over there as a paper pusher and then had the Taliban outside providing security. I blame my own military leaders… Biden turned his back on him. That’s it.’
Schmitz’s father said: ‘Be afraid of our leadership or lack thereof. Pray every day for the soldiers that are putting their lives at risk, doing what they love which is protecting all of us.’
White House Secretary Jen Psaki did not mince words when asked on Friday about Biden’s pledge to track down the terrorists responsible for the deadly attack, saying that the president ‘does not want them to live on the earth any more.’
Her remarks came a day after Biden vowed that ‘we will hunt you down and make you pay.’
Soviak’s sister said in an Instagram post: ‘He was a f****** medic. There to help people and now he is gone and my family will never be the same.’
Soviak, believed to be in his early 20s, was named by his high school in Ohio. McCollum was named by his high school in Wyoming while Espinoza, 20, was named by the local police department in Laredo, Texas, where he was born. McCollum was expecting his first child with his wife. He was deployed to Afghanistan in April.
Nikoui’s father, a Trump supporter, added that he was relieved when his son signed up as a Marine when Trump was in office because he ‘really believed this guy didn’t want to send people into harm’s way.’
- The Pentagon revealed it was just one suicide bomb yesterday and not two, killing 170 people
- Defense chiefs warned of the imminent threat of another ISIS attack in Afghanistan
- Britain, France, Denmark and Spain all stopped evacuating citizens; U.S., Turkey and Russia remain
- Republicans called for Biden’s resignation; House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said he would face a ‘day of reckoning’
- It was revealed that Taliban fighters killed ISIS leader Abu Omar Khorasani when they took control of Bagram prison on August 15, but they also freed ‘thousands’ of ISIS-K fighters
- White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Friday said the government ‘can’t guarantee’ that all Americans who want to get out will get out of Afghanistan after August 31…