Posted on 08/26/2021 5:43:56 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
(CNSNews.com) - President Joe Biden said Thursday that he bears responsibility for what “happened of late” in the Afghanistan withdrawal, but he blamed former President Donald Trump for making a deal with the Taliban in the first place to withdraw U.S. forces from the region by May 1.
After addressing the nation about the suicide bomb attack in Kabul that claimed the lives of 12 U.S. troops, Biden was asked whether he’s responsible for what happened in Afghanistan in the last two weeks leading up to his Aug. 31 deadline.
“Mr. President, there have not been a U.S. servicemember killed in combat in Afghanistan since February of 2020. You set a deadline. You pulled troops out. You sent troops back in, and now 12 Marines are dead. You said the buck stops with you. Do you bear any responsibility for the way that things have unfolded in the last two weeks?” Fox News White House Correspondent Peter Doocy asked.
BIDEN: I bear responsibility for fundamentally all that’s happened of late. Here’s the deal. You know - I wish you’d one day say these things - you know as well as I do that the former president made a deal with the Taliban that he would get all American forces out of Afghanistan by May 1. In return the commitment was made - and that was a year before - in return he was given the commitment that the Taliban would continue to attack others but would not attack any American forces. Remember that? I’m being serious. I’m asking you a question.
DOOCY: Do you think that people have issue with pulling out of Afghanistan or just the way that things have happened?
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This news conference was a pathetic event. Reading his answers to prescribed questions off the teleprompter.
Then blames Trump...
...for a deal that kept American’s safe from attack in Afganistan?
Biden blamed Trump for protecting American service men and women’s lives.
Let that sink in.
Gropin’ Joe’s tapioca level is a quart low.
Biden doesn’t follow any other thing Trump had set up when he was President. This is no different. Biden and the Biden administration own this. Every F… that voted for him too !
Can we please make a list of all the agreements that Trump did that Biden had no problem killing?
Can we please make a list of all the agreements that Trump did that Biden had no problem killing?
"that he would get all American forces out of Afghanistan by May 1." damn right slick... he would have had five FULL months to drawdown and we would have made an orderly withdraw by 5/31 with the troops leaving LAST!!!
after withdrawing or destroying equip not left as spoils for the enemy
It was the saddest presidential briefing I have ever witnessed. He is truly weak.
Pretty sure YOU were in the Oval Office on May 1st, Biden.
Sadly, the MSM should have those polls out soon showing Trump as being most responsible for Afghanistan. Even more than GWB and Obama.
Oh, and save your breath. The polls aren't meant for us. Most Freepers haven't a clue what most Americans think politically.
And consider he had all pre screened questions and canned answers.. I just want to know who is REALLY running the country ?????
Curling up in a fetal position like that is what he’s used to when he gets yelled at.
Especially when Jilly does it when he spills his pudding on his shirt or fills his adult diaper.
May 1? We are almost to September. What kind of an excuse is that?
Obama through susan rice
That’s right.
To be honest, Trump’s withdrawal plan had a fatal flaw: it was dependent on someone competent, responsible and not in the throes of dementia to carry it out.
BiXiden has turned out to be a total wuss.
Who is running the country? Susan Rice, Valerie Jarrett, Obama, woke generals, The Clinton Foundation, and Eric Holder holdovers.
Only a charlatan would blame Trump for an agreement Biden’s had 7 months to renegotiate if he didn’t like it. Especially considering Biden’s admin was hot at work trying to overturn everything Trump did
But it does go to show that our troops and our military were the last thing on Biden’s admins’ mind.
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