You’ve probably never heard of Mary Bischoping.
But she’s one of the most powerful U.S. officials impacting Afghan lives today.
And what she’s doing—or not doing—should alarm everyone.
Please read this 🧵 to learn more and share to help amplify.
#SomethingAboutMary #AfghanEvac
But she’s one of the most powerful U.S. officials impacting Afghan lives today.
And what she’s doing—or not doing—should alarm everyone.
Please read this 🧵 to learn more and share to help amplify.
#SomethingAboutMary #AfghanEvac
Mary Kabir-Seraj Bischoping is the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Afghanistan.
She holds the pen on decisions that affect tens of thousands of Afghan families.
Including children.
Including babies.
Including our wartime allies.
Including U.S. military families.
She holds the pen on decisions that affect tens of thousands of Afghan families.
Including children.
Including babies.
Including our wartime allies.
Including U.S. military families.
What’s more?
Mary is the daughter of Afghan refugees and descends from Afghan royalty.
Her law school put together this whole spread highlighting her family and praising her for entering public service to help our allies.
She used to mean it.
law.virginia.edu/uvalawyer/fall…
Mary is the daughter of Afghan refugees and descends from Afghan royalty.
Her law school put together this whole spread highlighting her family and praising her for entering public service to help our allies.
She used to mean it.
law.virginia.edu/uvalawyer/fall…
She led the @HouseForeignGOP investigation into the Afghanistan withdrawal.
She scream-cried at Biden officials she thought weren’t doing enough to protect Afghans.
We thought she’d continue to be a champion for our allies, her own people, and our veterans.
We were wrong.
She scream-cried at Biden officials she thought weren’t doing enough to protect Afghans.
We thought she’d continue to be a champion for our allies, her own people, and our veterans.
We were wrong.
In a recent visit to CAS in Doha, which houses about 1,500 Afghans stranded in limbo.
Over half are women and over half are children.
Most from families worked directly with U.S. forces.
And what did Mary do? She not only walked away with
No plan.
No promise.
No humanity.
Over half are women and over half are children.
Most from families worked directly with U.S. forces.
And what did Mary do? She not only walked away with
No plan.
No promise.
No humanity.
She left there and began lobbying Congress and the State Dept to send them back to Afghanistan.
A place where girls cannot go to school, be seen outside, leave their homes without a male escort, have their voices heard, or even be seen through the windows in their own home.
A place where girls cannot go to school, be seen outside, leave their homes without a male escort, have their voices heard, or even be seen through the windows in their own home.
Mary has the authority to help Afghans, something she insisted she cared to do before leaving the hill and going to @StateDept.
Instead, she’s wielding her authority like a weapon to actively send to their death women, children, and other allies who did nothing but believe us.
Instead, she’s wielding her authority like a weapon to actively send to their death women, children, and other allies who did nothing but believe us.
Instead of using her power to save lives, she used it to help dismantle CARE—the only office coordinating Afghan relocation—and to shut down Enduring Welcome.
These aren’t accidents.
This is policy.
This is cruelty with a badge and business card.
These aren’t accidents.
This is policy.
This is cruelty with a badge and business card.
Let’s be clear:
She refuses to meet with civil society organizations.
She ignored internal staff begging for direction.
And the day her colleagues from CARE, STA, and other offices were fired?
She took the day off.
She refuses to meet with civil society organizations.
She ignored internal staff begging for direction.
And the day her colleagues from CARE, STA, and other offices were fired?
She took the day off.
She’s silent to the public.
She’s absent to her team.
She’s invisible when it counts.
And the people paying the price are Afghan women, children, and allies who trusted America.
She’s absent to her team.
She’s invisible when it counts.
And the people paying the price are Afghan women, children, and allies who trusted America.
This isn’t a bureaucratic misfire.
It’s a betrayal.
A cold, deliberate abandonment.
From a woman who once wept for Afghan girls.
Now she’s handing them over to the Taliban.
#SomethingAboutMary #AfghanEvac
It’s a betrayal.
A cold, deliberate abandonment.
From a woman who once wept for Afghan girls.
Now she’s handing them over to the Taliban.
#SomethingAboutMary #AfghanEvac
AfghanEvac and our allies demand better. So this week we'll be pressuring Mary and her colleagues to:
Reverse the elimination of CARE
Extend Enduring Welcome
Appoint leadership with courage, clarity, and compassion
Share this thread to help.
#SomethingAboutMary #AfghanEvac
Reverse the elimination of CARE
Extend Enduring Welcome
Appoint leadership with courage, clarity, and compassion
Share this thread to help.
#SomethingAboutMary #AfghanEvac
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