Posted on 08/31/2021 2:35:53 AM PDT by RandFan
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) said Sunday that both the Biden and Trump administrations are at fault for the crisis in Afghanistan.
During an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Romney also told host Jake Tapper that "leaving Americans behind and leaving our Afghan friends behind who've worked with us would put upon us and will put upon us a moral stain."
“And this is the result of very ineffective decisions, terrible decisions made by the prior administration and by the current administration. This did not have to happen. It was -- it was preventable,” Romney said.
“And let me note, that's very different than the military. Our military came in at the very last moment and has performed admirably, as far as I can tell, to move people out as quickly as possible.”
Romney cited former President Trump’s agreement with the Taliban, freeing 5,000 (Islamic State) ISIS-K and Taliban fighters from an Afghan prison and President Biden closing Bagram Air Base as contributing to the current crisis.
“So, right now, you have to ask, OK, what's the action we can take at this very last minute which is most likely to get most Americans and most of our friends out of Afghanistan? That's a decision that the commanders on the ground are going to have to make,” Romney said. “But the reality is, the fact that we're in this position is the result of bad decisions made by two administrations.”
Romney’s remarks come amid the aftermath of 13 U.S. service members and more than 160 Afghans dying in a suicide bombing last week near the Kabul airport, where masses are gathering in the hopes of being evacuated from the now-Taliban controlled country.
What better way to start the day than with a Romney thread.
What a nasty, bitter piece of work...
Is it not true that:
TRUMP/POMPEO: Signed DEAL with TALIBAN
BIDEN: Executes the agreement
He doesn’t get to have a neverending war because of Trump. So sad.
Why can’t the Mormons see that Romney has sold out to greed, darkness and evil?
This comment from a man who goes on vacation hauling his dog on the roof of his car?
FU and that magic underwear of yours, Romney.
In this case (among others), “R” is for “Rat”.
That would include you, Mitt ... among the @ssholes, not the "other people."
Never forget the way this “good,” “caring,” “nice,” person, M. Romney...
TREATED HIS DOG.
I know I will NEVER FORGET IT.
So much for “the buck stops here” huh? BTW...Trump took a crap deal from obummer and turned this country into the hottest economy ever. Remember obummer saying “those jobs are gone...whats he gonna do wave a magic wand”? And holy crap...Trump brought back the Crane jobs. You suck biden. Face it.
In other words, his staff checked his Senate email and contact form reports and realized he really stepped in it. Again.
Romney is a moron with an ego. Many of them go into politics.
This guy just can’t quit blaming Trump.
It’s not true because Biden moved the pull out date back in order to create a 9/11 photo op without the Taliban’s agreement. So, Biden broke the deal, enabling the Taliban to ignore their part of the bargain. Second, the Pompeo/Trump plan involved much more than just leaving. There were benchmarks and goals to be met and not sure their plan involved abandoning the airbase. It certainly didn’t involve leaving behind 83 billion in equipment.
What a dick.
Trump would be at this moment getting our military hardware back in our hands....
This is the thing I mostly don’t understand. So, these are the spoils of war?
Those are ours.
Why did TRUMP/POMPEO made a deal with TALIBAN in the first place?
[in my best Scottish brogue] Mitt, ye wee stupid beastie.
No, it goes back to Bush Sr., Colin Powell, and any
other lily-livered members of his administration that stopped the obliteration of Saddam’s military and left him in power. Without that fateful decision, there would be no 9/11, no Desert Storm II, no Iran deal, Bin Laden would have been dealt with, and we would have had a base of operations in Iraq from which we would have cleaned up Carter’s mess.
Actually, then, it goes back to Carter.
“ Is it not true that:
TRUMP/POMPEO: Signed DEAL with TALIBAN
BIDEN: Executes the agreement”
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It is NOT true.
Biden didn’t execute President Trump‘s deal, he breached it.
Never underestimate Biden’s ability to screw things up.
Biden executed his own abandonment of Americans and our allies in Afghanistan.
Pierre Delecto has his HATRED for TRUMP exposed once again. The GREEN-EYED MONSTER has his MAGIC UNDERWEAR on TOO TIGHT!
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