{"id":1963347,"date":"2023-07-03T14:14:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T18:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-snaps-at-reporter-on-afghan-withdrawal-tantrum-plays-right-into-talibans-hands\/"},"modified":"2023-07-03T14:16:35","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T18:16:35","slug":"biden-snaps-at-reporter-on-afghan-withdrawal-tantrum-plays-right-into-talibans-hands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-snaps-at-reporter-on-afghan-withdrawal-tantrum-plays-right-into-talibans-hands\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden&#8217;s outburst at reporter aids Taliban&#8217;s agenda."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-snaps-at-reporter-on-afghan-withdrawal-tantrum-plays-right-into-talibans-hands%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1963347&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>President Biden&#8217;s Response to Afghan Withdrawal Report Gives Taliban Ammunition<\/h2>\n<p>President Joe Biden offered the Taliban a talking point Friday, and the group was quick to capitalize upon it.<\/p>\n<p>During a media appearance on Friday, Biden was asked about a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/State-AAR-AFG.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">State Department report<\/a> that cast some blame on the Biden administration for the chaotic withdrawal of American troops.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. President, do you admit failure in Afghanistan? Mistakes? There was a \u2014 there was a report on Afghanistan withdrawal, saying there was failure, mistakes. Do you admit there were mistakes during the withdrawal and before?\u201d the reporter asked, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2023\/06\/30\/remarks-by-president-biden-on-the-supreme-courts-decision-on-the-administrations-student-debt-relief-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">White House transcript<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, no. All the evidence is coming back. Remember what I said about Afghanistan? I said al Qaeda would not be there. I said it wouldn\u2019t be there. I said we\u2019d get help from the Taliban. What\u2019s happening now? What\u2019s going on? Read your press. I was right,\u201d Biden said before leaving the media appearance.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WATCH: Pres. Biden on damning State Dept. report on Afghanistan withdrawal<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRemember what I said about Afghanistan? I said al-Qaeda wouldn\u2019t be there. I said it wouldn\u2019t be there. I said we\u2019d get help from the Taliban \u2014 what\u2019s happening now? What\u2019s going on? Read your press, I\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JS4zNYuljg\">pic.twitter.com\/JS4zNYuljg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breaking911 (@Breaking911) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Breaking911\/status\/1675571953481011206?\">July 2, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Foreign Ministry of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/firefight-erupts-afghanistan-iran-border-taliban-commander-threatens-conquest-islamic-republic-within-24-hours-order\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Afghanistan<\/a> was quick with a statement in response, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/afghanistan-taliban-biden-al-qaeda-remark\/32484936.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Radio Free Europe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe consider remarks by U.S. President Joe Biden about the nonexistence of armed groups in Afghanistan as acknowledgement of reality,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<h3>Does Biden still need to answer for the disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Yes<\/li>\n<li>No<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The State Department report praised its staff for their efforts in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/marine-afghanistan-withdrawal-arrives-dc-shows-happened-bidens-watch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 2021 crisis<\/a> that saw the Taliban topple the Afghan government and criticized both the Trump and Biden administration for agreeing to pull troops out of Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>In honing in on the withdrawal itself, the report said the speed of the Biden administration\u2019s removal of troops \u201ccompounded the difficulties the Department faced in mitigating the loss of the military\u2019s key enablers. Critically, the decision to hand over Bagram Air Base to the Afghan government meant that Hamid Karzai International Airport (HKIA) would be the only avenue for a possible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reporter-grills-pentagon-spokesman-on-afghanistan-prediction-how-could-you-get-that-so-wrong\/\" title=\"Reporter Grills Pentagon Spokesman On Afghanistan Prediction: \u2018How Could You Get That So Wrong?\u2019\">noncombatant evacuation operation<\/a> (NEO).\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The State Department just released a report that proves what we\u2019ve all know to be true: the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-snaps-at-reporter-on-afghan-withdrawal-tantrum-plays-right-into-talibans-hands\/\" title=\"Biden's outburst at reporter aids Taliban's agenda.\">disastrous withdrawal &#038; chaotic ending<\/a> in Kabul could have been avoided.<\/p>\n<p>Is it a coincidence this damning report is released before a holiday weekend? I think not. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z0h59ab5M9\">https:\/\/t.co\/z0h59ab5M9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Morgan Ortagus (@MorganOrtagus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MorganOrtagus\/status\/1674931037535715328?\">July 1, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n\u201cU.S. military planning for a possible NEO had been underway with post for some time, but the Department\u2019s participation in the NEO planning process was hindered by the fact that it was unclear who in the Department had the lead,\u201d the report added.<\/p>\n<p>As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/recruiters-forced-work-6-day-weeks-military-manpower-crisis-deepens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">crisis<\/a> unfolded, \u201cConstantly changing policy guidance and public messaging from Washington regarding which populations were eligible for relocation and how the embassy should manage outreach and flow added to the confusion and often failed to take into account key facts on the ground,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">July 8, 2021: Joe Biden said a takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban is not at all inevitable and promised no Americans would need to be evacuated from our US Embassy like during Vietnam. August 15th 2021: The Taliban took over and there\u2019s a helicopter on top of our US embassy. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9wLZEOi0oY\">pic.twitter.com\/9wLZEOi0oY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/robbystarbuck\/status\/1426868434567114752?\">August 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Among its recommendations, the report pointedly noted, \u201cThe Department must insulate contingency planning and emergency preparedness from political concerns.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an interview on Sunday, former Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wrong-mike-pence-reveals-libertarian-stance-transgender-issues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mike Pence<\/a>, a contender for the 2024 Republican nomination for president, said the Biden administration should shoulder the blame for the death of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/he-took-a-question-from-peter-doocy-marine-veteran-says-joe-biden-only-did-one-courageous-or-honest-thing\/\" title=\"\u2018He Took A Question From Peter Doocy\u2019: Marine Veteran Says Joe Biden Only Did One \u2018Courageous Or Honest Thing\u2019\">13 service members<\/a> in a Kabul terrorist attack that took place during the evacuation, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mike-pence-former-vice-president-face-the-nation-transcript-07-02-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe went 18 months without a single American casualty to the day at that Kabul airport that we lost 13 brave American service members. The blame for what happened here falls squarely on the current commander in chief,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Pence blames Biden for fatal withdrawal from Afghanistan | The Hill <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EpUCNJJ170\">https:\/\/t.co\/EpUCNJJ170<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Pence (@Mike_Pence) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mike_Pence\/status\/1675538455084900353?\">July 2, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nPence said he and former President Donald Trump would not have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commander-charge-kabul-evacuation-blasts-bidens-secret-evacuation-favors-distraction-mission-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">withdrawn troops<\/a> if the Taliban failed to live up to their end of a deal Trump made for the U.S. withdrawal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd under our administration, I promise you, that while \u2014 while it was our \u2014 it was the intention of the president, the former president to pull our troops out, when the Taliban broke the deal and moved into Mazar-e-Sharif and <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/people\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a> did nothing, that set into motion the catastrophe that became Afghanistan and the heartbreaking end to 20 years of conflict,\u201d Pence said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will tell you with deep conviction that that disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan would never have happened under our administration, because we would have held the Taliban to the deal. And I believe at the end of the day, Afghanistan would be a much different place today,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd frankly, our security and our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-critics-worried-biden-wont-release-trump-tax-returns\/\" title=\"Dems, Critics Worried Biden Won't Release Trump Tax Returns\">long-term interests<\/a> would be far better off. No whitewash from the Pentagon is going to change that. The responsibility for that disastrous withdrawal falls squarely on President Joe Biden and the American people know it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-snaps-reporter-afghan-withdrawal-tantrum-plays-right-talibans-hands\/\">Biden Snaps at Reporter on Afghan Withdrawal, Tantrum Plays Right Into Taliban&#8217;s Hands<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden inadvertently provided the Taliban with ammunition on Friday, and they wasted no time exploiting it. 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