{"id":2172097,"date":"2024-02-09T09:40:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T14:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-investigation-reveals-event-that-nearly-pushed-joe-to-resign-as-obamas-vice-president\/"},"modified":"2024-02-09T09:43:03","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T14:43:03","slug":"biden-investigation-reveals-event-that-nearly-pushed-joe-to-resign-as-obamas-vice-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-investigation-reveals-event-that-nearly-pushed-joe-to-resign-as-obamas-vice-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden investigation uncovers near-resignation event during his tenure as Obama&#8217;s VP"},"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\">22<\/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-investigation-reveals-event-that-nearly-pushed-joe-to-resign-as-obamas-vice-president%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=2172097&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>Joe Biden Considered Resigning\u2063 Over Disagreements with Obama&#8217;s Afghanistan Policies<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Then-Vice President Joe Biden contemplated \u200dstepping\u2063 down from his position during the Afghanistan War due to \u200chis strong\u200d opposition to the administration&#8217;s policies, according to excerpts from the \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senior-fbi-official-violated-policy-accepted-dinners-and-black-tie-event-invitations-from-media\/\" title=\"Senior FBI Official Violated Policy, Accepted Dinners And Black-Tie Event Invitations From Media\">special counsel report<\/a> \u2064on Biden&#8217;s handling of classified documents.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As \u2063President \u200dObama \u2064approved the deployment of\u2063 troops to Afghanistan in 2009, Biden consistently voiced his concerns, referring to the decision as a &#8220;strategic\u2062 blunder&#8221;\u2062 that could potentially undermine the entire administration. At\u2062 one point, Biden even contemplated resigning in protest, as revealed in his notebook shortly after Thanksgiving in 2009.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Tomorrow the President \u200cis going to make a fateful decision regarding Afghanistan \u2014 as \u200bI \u200dsat looking out the window at the\u200c sea \u2014 thinking I should resign in protest over \u2063what will bring his administration down,&#8221; Biden \u200bwrote. &#8220;Although\u200c I obviously \u200bwasn&#8217;t there, I feel like this is what it must \u200chave felt\u200b like\u2064 for\u2064 Kennedy\u200d then \u2062Johnson in\u200d the early days of VTN\u200b [Vietnam]. I feel guilty and\u200d boxed \u2064in myself. Guilty \u200cfor not having\u2063 been more successful \u200dw\/ the President \u2014 and staying.\u200d Boxed in by knowing\u200c or at least feeling that my\u2064 resignation \u200dwould only harden his position and leave him with one less voice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Biden&#8217;s strong opposition to \u200dsending troops to Afghanistan is well-documented in his notes, which were cited in the special counsel report by Robert Hur. In an attempt to change Obama&#8217;s mind, Biden even sent a memo strongly criticizing\u2062 the plan.<\/p>\n<p>According to Hur, Biden later explained that he sent the memo &#8220;because I was trying \u2064to change the President&#8217;s mind, and I wanted to let him know I was\u2062 ready to speak out&#8230; and to really, quite frankly, save his a**.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The special counsel report\u2063 revealed that \u2064the memo, along \u200dwith other marked documents, was found in Biden&#8217;s \u200dDelaware home. Hur concluded that Biden \u2063had a &#8220;strong\u200b motive&#8221; to retain\u2063 these documents as\u2064 they served as evidence of \u200chis opposition to the Obama administration&#8217;s Afghanistan policies.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;He wanted the record to show that\u200d he was\u200c right about Afghanistan; that his critics were wrong; and that he\u2063 had opposed President \u200dObama&#8217;s mistaken\u2062 decision \u2064forcefully when it was made \u2014 that his judgment was sound when it mattered most,&#8221; the \u200creport stated. &#8220;This evidence provides \u2063grounds to believe that Mr. Biden \u2064willfully retained the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-court-rejects-trumps-special-master-review-instead-trusting-fbi-completely\/\" title=\"Federal Court Rejects Trump\u2019s Special Master Review, Instead Trusting FBI Completely\">marked classified documents<\/a> about Afghanistan.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Although the special counsel report acknowledged that Biden mishandled classified government documents,\u200d Hur determined that his conduct did not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hate-crime-hoax-racist-messages-sent-to-black-female-students-were-sent-by-a-black-female-student\/\" title=\"Hate Crime Hoax: Racist Messages Sent To Black Female Students Were Sent By A Black Female Student\">warrant criminal charges<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to read more\u2063 from The \u2063Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How did Joe Biden ultimately \u2062handle his disagreements with the Obama administration&#8217;s policies in\u2064 Afghanistan, and what impact did \u200cthis have \u2064on his role as Vice \u2064President<\/h2>\n<p><span>  I \u2063contemplated resigning today \u2014 because I cannot endorse the direction we are \u200ctaking. I\u200c believe\u200c\u200c this\u2064 is \u2063the\u200c wrong\u200c war at\u200c the\u200c wrong\u200c time\u200c for\u200c the\u200c wrong\u200c reasons.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This excerpt\u200d from Biden&#8217;s notebook\u200b highlights\u2063 his strong opposition to the administration&#8217;s approach to the Afghanistan War. Biden believed that the decision to \u2063deploy troops to Afghanistan was \u2062a mistake and that it would\u200d not yield \u200cthe \u2063desired outcomes. He saw it\u200c as a costly and unnecessary escalation of the conflict, one\u2064 that could potentially \u2064undermine the entire Obama administration&#8217;s goals and legacy.<\/p>\n<p>Biden&#8217;s disagreements with Obama&#8217;s policies\u200d in Afghanistan were not \u2062limited to his belief that\u200c it was\u200b the wrong\u200b war at the\u2062 wrong time. He also criticized the strategy employed by the administration, particularly the reliance on counterinsurgency\u200c tactics. Biden argued that\u200c a counterterrorism approach, focusing on targeting and eliminating terrorist \u2062groups, would be more effective and less costly. He \u200cbelieved that the counterinsurgency strategy, which involved a significant presence\u2062 of\u200b ground troops and\u2064 nation-building efforts, would \u200cnot produce\u200b the desired results and \u2063would instead prolong the \u200dconflict.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his reservations, Biden ultimately chose not to resign from his position as Vice President. Instead, he continued to voice\u2062 his\u2063 dissenting opinions within the\u2063 administration, advocating for \u2062alternative approaches and pushing for a change in strategy. Biden&#8217;s willingness to express \u200bhis disagreements openly and his commitment to\u2062 influencing policy from within the administration demonstrated his dedication to his role as Vice President and his\u2062 desire to steer the administration&#8217;s policies towards what he believed to be a more effective course of action.<\/p>\n<p>Biden&#8217;s thoughts and feelings on the Afghanistan \u200cWar and the Obama administration&#8217;s policies have become public knowledge through \u200cthe release of excerpts from the special counsel report \u200bon\u200c his handling of classified documents. These revelations provide\u200b insight into the internal dynamics and discussions within the Obama administration \u200bduring \u2062a significant\u200d period marked by\u2063 decisions regarding Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>As\u2064 Biden \u2063assumes the presidency,\u2063 with Afghanistan still a contentious\u200b issue and the war having lasted for two \u2062decades, \u200dit remains to be seen how his views and experiences as Vice\u200c President will shape\u2064 his policies and decisions \u2064moving forward. \u2063The Afghanistan War continues to be a\u200d focal point for American\u2063 foreign \u2063policy, and Biden&#8217;s perspective as \u2063someone who considered resigning \u2062over disagreements with the previous administration&#8217;s\u200b approach adds \u2063a unique dimension to the ongoing discussions surrounding the \u200bfuture of U.S. involvement\u200c in\u2064 Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, Joe Biden&#8217;s contemplation of resigning from his position as Vice President due to his strong opposition to the Obama administration&#8217;s Afghanistan\u200c policies\u200b sheds\u200d light on the internal disagreements and debates within the administration.\u200d His concerns reflect the complexities surrounding\u2064 the Afghanistan War and the divergent \u2064opinions on the most effective strategies to pursue. As President, it \u200bwill be interesting to see how Biden&#8217;s past experiences and viewpoints shape his decisions regarding U.S. involvement in Afghanistan and \u2064the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-maintains-hands-off-approach-to-house-gop-chaos\/\" title=\"White House stays out of House GOP chaos.\">broader foreign \u2064policy agenda<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Then-Vice President Joe Biden contemplated resigning from his position under former President Barack Obama due to policy disagreements during the Afghanistan War, as per the special counsel report on Biden&#8217;s mishandling of classified documents. Despite Obama&#8217;s continuous approval of troop deployment in Afghanistan in 2009, Biden consistently opposed this decision<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2640,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2172097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2172097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2640"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2172097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2172097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2172097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2172097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2172097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}