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.
SASSE the ASS.... we need to turn up the heat so high on this PRICK it drives him out of office!
Can’t be too obvious…
Ben’s Asse is okay with Al Qaeda in Syria treating Syrian women like the Taliban treat them, in fact, he wants to fund them and has.
Pure scum.
Ben is an ass
Yeah, that figures.
BS is god damned lair
Ben’s Ass is a self-promoting, condescending, self-righteous, establishment hack.
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