Retired Gen. Austin Miller, the former top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan, warned the Biden administration that Afghanistan would get “very bad, very fast” when American troops began to withdraw.

Miller’s warnings, which went largely unheeded by the White House, were revealed to House investigators last month when the former top U.S. general testified to the House Foreign Affairs Committee as part of a GOP-led investigation into the U.S. pullout from Afghanistan. The chaotic withdrawal – begun in February 2020 and completed in August of that year – contributed to the deaths of 13 U.S. service members in a terror attack outside of Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport.

Miller played a part in organizing and executing the withdrawal, though his term ended in July 2021 before the pullout was completed. The retired general told committee investigators last month that he was bothered by the White House’s “lack of understanding of the risk” that he attempted to impart, according to The Washington Post, which obtained a transcript of his testimony.

The retired general warned a Marine Corps commander in charge of contingency planning to prepare for “really adverse conditions” if an evacuation became necessary. President Joe Biden declared an evacuation on August 14 in the final weeks of the withdrawal as a Taliban blitz recaptured nearly the entire country.

“I did not foresee a good future for Afghanistan as I was departing,” Miller said. He added that he regretted not being more assertive in making Washington take his views and concerns seriously.

The U.S. was largely restricted to Kabul’s airport in the final weeks of the withdrawal after a hurried pullout from the rest of the country left billions of dollars worth of equipment behind, many Afghans who worked with the U.S. during its two-decade occupation and fight against terror groups, and hundreds of American citizens.

On August 26, 2021, days before the withdrawal ended, an ISIS-K terrorist blew himself up near Hamid Karzai International Airport’s Abbey Gate. The blast killed 13 U.S. service members and about 170 Afghans. The terrorist was previously an inmate at Bagram Airfield, which the U.S. abandoned during the withdrawal and the Taliban later took control of. The terrorist was released from the Bagram prison by the Taliban.

The Biden administration continues to stand by its decision to withdraw from Afghanistan, calling the pullout the right “correct policy choice.”

“All the evidence is coming back. Do you remember what I said about Afghanistan?” Biden told reporters last year. “I said al Qaeda would not be there. I said it wouldn’t be there. I said we’d get help from the Taliban. What’s happening now? What’s going on? Read your press. I was right.”

Pearl Jam’s lead singer Eddie Vedder paused his band’s concert in Las Vegas over the weekend to slam Kansas City Chiefs player Harrison Butker following the kicker’s commencement speech that caused a leftist meltdown.

During the band’s show at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Vedder recognized the female singer and keyboard player from the band that played before him and said they “must not have believed that ‘diabolical lie’ that women should take pride in taking a back seat to their man.”

His comments twisted what Butker said to the graduates at Benedictine College when he praised his wife for being a “homemaker,” called out President Joe Biden’s support for abortion, and criticized LGBTQ “Pride month.”

Eddie Vedder just called out Harrison Butker and called him the ‘P’ word here in Vegas

‘There’s nothing more masculine than a strong man supporting a strong woman,’ he said.@PearlJam pic.twitter.com/8ABLNW3ON0

— Adam Zagoria (@AdamZagoria) May 19, 2024

“There should be pride in homemaking whether you’re a man or a woman … it’s maybe one of the hardest jobs and you should definitely take pride in it,” Vedder said to the crowd. “But you shouldn’t not follow a dream because you think that is the more, that you are going to benefit by giving up your dreams.”

“I couldn’t understand the logic, so I’m questioning it in public right now. It’s not a graduation speech,” he added. “The irony was that the football player [Butker]kicker … You see the kicker doesn’t have the pads because he doesn’t tackle anybody or get tackled — but he started telling men, ‘Don’t forget to puff up your chest and be more masculine. Don’t lose your masculinity.’”

“The irony was that when he was saying that, he looked like such a f***ing p***y,” the frontman continued. “There’s nothing more masculine than a strong man supporting a strong woman. And people of quality do not fear equality.”

During Butker’s speech at the Catholic college, the Chiefs player said his wife would agree that her life “truly started when she began living her vocation as a wife and as a mother.”

“How many of you are sitting here now, about to cross this stage, and are thinking about all the promotions and titles you are going to get in your career? Some of you may go on to lead successful careers in the world. But I would venture to guess that the majority of you are most excited about your marriage and the children you will bring into this world,” he added.

“It cannot be overstated that all of my success is made possible because a girl I met in band class back in middle school would convert to the faith, become my wife, and embrace one of the most important titles of all: homemaker,” Butker continued.

His comments drew backlash online, with critics branding him as misogynistic and more.

A Change.org petition calling for the three-time Super Bowl champion to be kicked off the Chiefs team for his “discriminatory” remarks has amassed more than 220,000 signatures.