3 years since bombing on Abbey Gate, Biden admin see consequences of 'greatest foreign policy blunder'

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Americans on Monday mourned the third anniversary of the ISIS-K bombing on Abbey Gate at the Hamid Karzai International Airport amid the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, which resulted in the death of 13 U.S. soldiers and 170 Afghans.

The Biden administration has drawn immense condemnation over the chaotic withdrawal and some have argued it even emboldened nations like Russia and Iran to take aggressive steps in countering the West.

"It was the most seminal, serious foreign policy blunder, I think, of the Biden administration, and it set in motion a series of events that we’re dealing with today," Fox News senior strategic analyst retired Gen. Jack Keane said Monday.

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The former Army general said he had been informed by people "in the room" with President Biden that, despite warnings of the Taliban’s movements across Afghanistan, the president "defiantly" pushed forward with U.S. plans to withdraw from Afghanistan.

Keane argued the decision not to leave U.S. troops in Afghanistan opened the floodgates for other global conflicts like Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and Iran’s aggression in the Middle East, particularly against Israel.

"They see it as huge political weakness on our part," Keane said. "They've been coming for us ever since to take advantage of these vulnerabilities, because they