Posted on 08/15/2021 2:39:07 PM PDT by Newbomb Turk
Republican Sen. Ben Sasse (Neb.) is blasting both the Trump and Biden administrations for a "doctrine of weakness" that he said resulted in the current situation in Afghanistan as a government takeover by the Taliban now appears to be imminent.
"The unmitigated disaster in Afghanistan — the shameful, Saigon-like abandonment of Kabul, the brutalization of Afghan women, and the slaughter of our allies — is the predictable outcome of the Trump-Biden doctrine of weakness," Sasse said in a statement on Sunday.
The senator said the two most recent administrations "deliberately decided to lose" in Afghanistan.
"America’s leaders didn’t tell the truth that our small, forward-deployed force of a few thousand was the backbone of intelligence and special forces’ successful work to decapitate terror organizations," Sasse said. "The looming defeat will badly hurt American intelligence and give jihadis a safe haven in Afghanistan, again. America will regret this."
The Taliban entered Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul on Sunday, with negotiators reportedly going to the presidential palace to discuss a peaceful transfer of power.
Reiterating what many critics of President Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan have said, Sasse, who serves on the Select Committee on Intelligence, also argued that this development would harm U.S. standing in the international community.
The Nebraska senator's statement echoed comments made by GOP Rep. Liz Cheney (Wyo.), who condemned the "the Trump/Biden calamity unfolding in Afghanistan" on Saturday.
Dropped from one of Xiden’s F-15s.
Nebraska, why is this guy your senator?
Ben the hen name an embassy we had to hastily retreat from during the Trump Administration? In fact Trump got pro-active on Iran by knocking out their terrorist, American killing Gen. Soleymani. It was Biden who implicitly advertised weakness to the Taliban enemy and so here we are. This fiasco is on his ‘watch’ not Trump.
Another neocon. Afghanistan is a pile of rocks. Going there to kill Bin Laden was fine. Staying to “nation build” and pouring vast amounts of money into it was pure idiocy right from the start.
Go in. Kick ass. Kill who you need to kill. Leave.
Ben “Shows His” Sasse weighs in...
No RINOs and no globalists EVER again.
There is the unity between dim and RINO.
They both hate Trump.
He is the worst. Had potential. Major disappointment. Who buys these guys because dogs started out as the opponent to Mitch’s candidate. He was the outsider who turned consummate DC back.
Soooo,all that bad stuff on Trump’s watch was the Obama /Trump failures
Sasse is a disaster.
Vote him OUT !!
He ALWAYS shoots his mouth off with nothing of positive actions to add.
He can’t stand President Trump and I can’t stand HIM.
VOTE SASSE OUT !!!
When President Trump was in there NO ONE SCREWED WITH AMERICA.
NO ONE !!!
Let get him BACK !!!!
What a disingenuous ass.
Especially when President Trump’s plan looked nothing like Biden’s stupidity. But then we never should have gone in there in the first place, and you notice Sasse never criticized Bush for that stupid call.
FUBS and you NeoCon assholes that made this happen, this is on you!
I’m somewhat surprised.
I’d expect Ben Asse to absolve Biden and blame Trump entirely.
Sasse - take away the “s” and the “e” and you have left what Ben really is.
Lil’ Ben Sasse.
Ben’s Asse should go over there and fight the Taliban.
Go grab a gun, Ben!
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