Public Comment
Freezing Afghan Assets Was a Bad Decision
It is profoundly disturbing that President Biden chose to seize $7 billion of Afghan assets frozen in U.S. banks and divert the money to victims of the 9/11 attacks. Many of these families have condemned Biden’s actions has a crass attempt to ingratiate himself with the American people as a desperate attempt to lift his falling approval rating. The Afghan people did NOT attack the US; this heinous crime was orchestrated by the Saudis with direct links to the monarchy. 15 of the 19 hijackers were Saudi citizens. Why have the Saudis been given a free pass by successive US administrations? 28 pages of the 9/11 report have still been withheld from the American public. Why? President Biden why have you reneged in your pledge to halt all further weapons sales to the Saudis? Why do we continue selling weapons to the Saudis who have launched relentless attacks on the poverty-stricken Yeminis? The United Nations and many aid groups had been calling on the Biden administration, as well as the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, to unfreeze all Afghan funds in order to stem Afghanistan’s growing economic and humanitarian catastrophe.
