Posted on 08/14/2021 8:31:35 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
President Joe Biden’s team has increasingly grown defensive following the swift Taliban seizure of key Afghan cities after he withdrew American troops.
West Wing officials voiced their frustrations with former President Donald Trump in conversations with Axios reporter Jonathan Swan.
The officials complained that Trump only left them with 3,000 troops in Afghanistan, forcing them to withdraw because there was no way to keep the peace with such a small force, according to the report.
There was an early peace in Afghanistan, team Biden argued, only because Trump agreed to leave on May 1.
That was an argument that White House press secretary Jen Psaki used in July, noting Biden believed the Taliban “would have been shooting at U.S. troops again after May 1.”
“The withdrawal deadline negotiated by the previous administration kind of set that timeline,” she said.
Biden first chose to extend the deadline for troop withdrawals to September 11, but in July he moved up the timeline to August 31.
Biden also insisted in July that the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan was “not inevitable” in an exchange with reporters.
When asked why he was confident, Biden signaled optimism regarding the strength of the Afghanistan army.
“The Afghan troops have 300,000 — as well-equipped as any army in the world — and an air force against something like 75,000 Taliban,” he said. “It is not inevitable.”
Trump himself criticized Biden’s handling of the withdrawal in Afghanistan in a statement on Thursday.
“I personally had discussions with top Taliban leaders whereby they understood what they are doing now would not have been acceptable,” he said, noting that if he was still president, he would have focused on a “conditions-based” withdrawal.”
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I wish this were true however the country has become quite dumbed down since the time of Reagan!! Half the country now believes socialism is fabulous!! Very few went to universities during that time most made a great living without college and just hard work!! NOW every damn kid has been brainwashed in universities!!!
Real smart Biden, blame a loud mouth effective leader from Queens for you ineptitude. He is going to cream you.
So what? The Biden Team Blame President Trump when their toilet backs up. And their fools and drones believe them.
After the 2020 election steal and the Covid scam, the illegals crossing the border like ants, the infrastructure scam with trillions of dollars we’ll be paying for for decades, expecting a Reagan outcome seems like a pipe dream now. The United States of socialist America has been here since Obama and only getting worse.
Blaming PDJT for the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan is like blaming the Vulcans for the extinction of the Dinosaurs... 🤓
Or abusive mothers...
"I love that many liberals love to copy her and wear those stupid glasses."
The uni-party will not allow a Trump or a Reagan to ever be elected again.😖
This.😖
sorry posted in wrong thread, was talking about Rachael Maddow or whatever.
"sorry posted in wrong thread, was talking about Rachael Maddow or whatever."
Yeah, it would have happened no matter who was in the WH. The media will spin this in Joe Stolen’s favor but the imagery of him saying “this isn’t like Saigon” as the helos take off from the embassy, will stick to him.
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