Biden 'paving the way' for another 9/11 with Afghanistan withdrawal
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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/lindsey-graham-biden-afghanistan-withdrawal
Biden 'paving the way' for another 9/11 with Afghanistan withdrawal
Sen. Lindsey Graham warned that President Biden is "paving the way" for another 9/11 with his commitment to fully withdraw all American troops from Afghanistan by September.
"With all due respect to President Biden, you have not ended the war, you've extended it," the South Carolina Republican said during a Capitol Hill press conference. "You have made it bigger, not smaller."
Biden announced Wednesday that he will pull out all American forces, totaling about 2,500, by Sept. 11 -- two decades after the deadliest strike on U.S. soil since Pearl Harbor took place. The new date set by Biden actually pushes back the May 1 deadline established under a peace agreement between former President Donald Trump and the Taliban last year (which Graham also criticized).
"It is time to end America's longest war," Biden said from the White House Treaty Room. "We cannot continue the cycle of extending or expanding our military presence in Afghanistan hoping to create the ideal conditions for our withdrawal, expecting a different result."
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Biden is just copying Trump, if anything.
I think a few Republicans like Lindsey were consistent here that we shouldn't withdraw.
Trump is the one who put this train in motion though. And we would have had a "peace agreement" already if the Taliban literally didn't blow it up right before signing.
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@xenon said in Biden 'paving the way' for another 9/11 with Afghanistan withdrawal:
Biden is just copying Trump, if anything.
I think a few Republicans like Lindsey were consistent here that we shouldn't withdraw.
Trump is the one who put this train in motion though. And we would have had a "peace agreement" already if the Taliban literally didn't blow it up right before signing.
You are right. Biden is simply delaying Trump’s order by a little over four months.
