His. Lindsey Graham
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Donald Trump DC addresses the dogs: Major and Champ, that is, Biden with the refugee cap: “We couldn’t do two things at once” Taylor Greene defends the “America First” effort and pushes back critics MOREsupport for the elimination of all troops in Afghanistan, writing on Twitter that “I could no longer agree with former President Trump regarding his support for President Biden
Joe Biden, suspected of firing at FedEx, used two assault rifles he bought legally: U.S. police and China say they are “committed” to cooperating on climate change. DC goes to the dogs: Major and Champ, i.e. MOREthe withdrawal of all forces from Afghanistan against strong military advice. “
Earlier Sunday, Trump issued a statement criticizing Biden’s goal of withdrawing all troops from Afghanistan on Sept. 11, but saying “leaving Afghanistan is a wonderful and positive thing.”
“I had planned to retire on May 1 and we should stay as close to this calendar as possible,” Trump wrote.
In a series of tweets Sunday evening, Graham, who previously denounced Biden’s plan to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan, wrote: “With all due respect to former President Trump, there is nothing” wonderful. ” nor “positive” about allowing safe havens and a sanctuary for terrorists to reappear in Afghanistan or see Afghanistan retreat to another civil war. “
With all due respect to former President Trump, there is nothing “wonderful” or “positive” about allowing terrorists to take refuge in Afghanistan again or see how Afghanistan is drawn back to another civil war.
– Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) April 19, 2021
Graham questioned the Taliban’s ability to police al-Qaeda and ISIS, which he said is a key provision in the deal to withdraw troops.
“Intelligence about the withdrawal is detrimental to U.S. interests and no one believes the Taliban can be trusted by al-Qaeda and ISIS police as provided for in the Biden-Trump plan,” he wrote. Graham.
He went on to address Biden and Trump as “generals,” and expressed fear that “over time, Afghanistan will get worse.”
“We’ll see if the withdrawal strategy of ‘General’ Biden and ‘General’ Trump turns out to be a sound national security policy,” Graham wrote.
“For the good of our nation, the people of Afghanistan, and the entire region, I hope President Biden and former President Trump are right and that our military and intelligence communities are wrong. “I doubt it because I’ve seen this film in Iraq and I’m afraid that over time Afghanistan will get worse. It’s important to judge the history of those who make these decisions fairly but firmly,” he added.
We’ll see if the withdrawal strategy of “General” Biden and “General” Trump turns out to be a solid national security policy.
– Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) April 19, 2021
On Tuesday, a day before Biden formally presented his plan to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, Graham launched the decision and wrote in a statement: “A total withdrawal from Afghanistan is more foolish than filthy and devilishly dangerous. President Biden, in essence, will have canceled an insurance policy against another 9/11.
He said Biden “will essentially have canceled an insurance policy against another 9/11.”
Biden formally unveiled his plan Wednesday to withdraw troops from Afghanistan and end America’s longest-running war on Sept. 11, which pushed back Trump’s May 1 deadline. The first target date was set in an agreement with the Taliban signed last year by the Trump administration.
In a speech at the White House Treaty Room, where former President George W. Bush announced the start of the war, Biden said that “the war in Afghanistan was never a multigenerational enterprise.” , and added: “It’s time to end the war forever.”