Sasse supported Iran in the Iran deal which cheered the withdrawl.
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.
Ben Sasse is just another Deep State plant.
Ben Sasse needs to go.
Trump had nothing to do with Running Away
...to Afghanistan.
I see the new narrative by the NeverTrumpers. Make it a combined Trump/Biden disaster. Is this clown still planning a presidential run in 2024?
Will the good people of Nebraska please rid us of this idiot.
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It’s about Money.
Really easy to lose money in multi-Trillion dollar deals.
These guys wanted the money and spending and excess, now there’s a bumbling idiot that has been wrong on every issue in his whole wasted career.
They call Joe and apologize, and then do what they have to do - act like they had nothing to do with it.
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Sasse the Ass!
Ben Asse can go to hell. He is a RINO through and through. He has done zero to keep America safe. All that he has done is piss away our freedoms by being an Assistant Democrat.
He must smoke grass! He can kiss my ass!
What a punk to drag President Trump into Biden's fiasco. Sasse has a complete lack of character.
Trump’s foreign policy was so successful NO ONE wanted to talk about it during the election.
An assinine little child.
How much time does Ben Sasse want us to spend there?
Ben Sasse, America Last politician. We have to combat the Left and the neocons. Flake/Sasse/Romney/McCain. All the same.
Sasse was a Warrior? Ever?
Go To Hell, Ben “Establishment” Sasse!
Sass is kissin’ up to Cheney??? Geez, talk about desperate!
After rogue despots see what unfolded in CooBah, and Afghanistan, they want to go to the dance too!
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