Republican Congressman blames Trump administrator for crisis in Afghanistan: “They failed”

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“Let’s keep in mind, (former Secretary of State) Mike Pompeo met with the Taliban. As Donald Trump said publicly,” We have to get out of Afghanistan at all costs. It’s not worth it, “Mike Pompeo meets with the Taliban and tries to negotiate something,” Kinzinger, who represents Illinois, told CNN’s Brianna Keilar about “State of the Union.”

“They set it up to fail. But always, of course, Joe Biden could have changed that easily and instead used it as an excuse to get out,” he added.

Kinzinger, an Air Force veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, told Keilar that “both sides have failed the American people and cannot continue. World.”

After years of negotiations, the Taliban and the Trump administration finally signed a peace agreement in 2020. The U.S. agreed to withdraw troops and release some 5,000 Taliban prisoners, while the Taliban agreed to take steps to prevent any group or individual, including al-Qaeda, to use Afghanistan to threaten the security of the US or its allies.

Republicans are stacking the Biden administration for withdrawal

While the Trump administration has taken heat for its decisions in Afghanistan, Republicans, including Kinzinger, are also settling in the Biden administration for the unstable withdrawal of the U.S. and Afghan allies from the country.

The Illinois Republican told Keilar in his interview that while he believes the president is “trying” to oversee a rapid withdrawal of people from the country, “the execution has been extremely disastrous.”

In the past 24 hours, more than 7,500 people have been evacuated from Afghanistan by U.S. military aircraft or flights facilitated by the United States through private organizations and collaborations with other countries, Keilar, an adviser, said Sunday. national security, Jake Sullivan.

Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney on Sunday criticized the Biden administration for failing to quickly evacuate the country’s U.S. and Afghan allies, saying the president “ignored the advice of his military leadership.”

They worked for America in Afghanistan. They are now hidden.

“The fact that we now somehow trust the Taliban to protect the Americans and the White House denies what we know is happening on the ground, that is, that the Americans are beaten and prevented from reaching at the gates of the airport and are probably being held hostage, “Cheney told NBC News'” Meet the Press. ”

Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa also punished Biden for the situation in Afghanistan and told ABC News’ “This Week”: “I knew that day was coming and, once again, he responded very slowly. to the needs not only of our American citizens, by removing these troops before making them out of Afghanistan safely, but it has also endangered those who were our partners through an extensive war on terrorism. ” in reference to the Afghans who helped the US throughout the war.

And Sen. Ben Sasse, a Nebraska Republican, told Fox News Sunday that the “president and incompetence of his team have brought us here,” and urged them to dismiss an Aug. 31 deadline to remove all troops of the United States of Afghanistan.

“August 31 was a stupid and arbitrary political deadline. The Taliban should know that they do not dictate the calendar of American lives,” Sasse said. “We need the president to make it absolutely clear that we will finish the mission.”

CNN’s Paul LeBlanc contributed to this report.

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