Hamas-linked CAIR demands resignation of Defense Secretary over botched Kabul strike

The Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is actually right: Austin and anyone else responsible should resign. I said that back in August. But Austin should not resign at CAIR’s behest. To allow this unsavory Hamas-linked group to dictate the behavior of the top brass would just compound the problem. Biden’s handlers will be sorry to appear so “Islamophobic” as not to do CAIR’s bidding in this case, but if Austin did resign, it would be admitting wrongdoing, and this administration doesn’t take any genuine responsibility for anything.

“US Muslim group asks Pentagon officials to resign for botched Kabul strike,” TRT World, January 21, 2022:

Council on American-Islamic Relations demands resignation of defence chief Lloyd Austin and “any military officials who had a direct role in approving the drone strike that killed 10 civilians” in August 2021.

Any Pentagon official directly involved in a botched air strike in Afghanistan last year should resign, including US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, a Muslim-American advocacy group has demanded.

The US-based Muslim body Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) also called for the resignation of “any military officials who had a direct role in approving the drone strike that killed 10 civilians” in August.

CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell said the video shows “the Pentagon launched a reckless attack that was guaranteed to kill innocent people in a densely-packed neighbourhood.”

“This attack was not simply an honest mistake or a rare occurrence; it was the latest in a long line of reckless drone strikes that have killed innocent people at homes, weddings and funerals in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, and elsewhere,” said Mitchell….