{"id":420582,"date":"2021-04-14T07:58:24","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T11:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=420582"},"modified":"2021-04-14T07:58:26","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T11:58:26","slug":"biden-blasted-by-terrorism-foreign-policy-experts-over-afghanistan-decision-such-an-avoidable-shame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-blasted-by-terrorism-foreign-policy-experts-over-afghanistan-decision-such-an-avoidable-shame\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Blasted By Terrorism, Foreign Policy Experts Over Afghanistan Decision: \u2018Such An Avoidable Shame\u2019"},"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\">28<\/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-blasted-by-terrorism-foreign-policy-experts-over-afghanistan-decision-such-an-avoidable-shame%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=420582&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1811.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Foreign policy and terrorism experts slammed President Joe Biden this week following his announcement that he was going to pull all U.S. troops out of Afghanistan by Sept. 11, 2021, the anniversary of the deadliest terrorist attack in U.S. history.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/04\/13\/us\/politics\/biden-afghanistan-withdrawal.html\">reported<\/a> that Biden ignored warnings from his own advisers that pulling out \u201ccould prompt a resurgence of the same terrorist threats that sent hundreds of thousands of troops into combat over the past 20 years.\u201d Biden\u2019s extension of the May 1 deadline set by former President Donald Trump was widely slammed by experts.<\/p>\n<p>Northeastern University professor Max Abrams, an expert on terrorism, said that Biden \u201cbotched Afghanistan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny attacks against Americans after May 1 will be on him. If he foot drags on leaving after 9\/11 he will also look bad &amp; if we must return after that date he will look bad. We could have quietly packed up and left in accordance with the Doha deal,\u201d Abrams said. \u201cImagine the optics if America is pulling out of Afghanistan on 9\/11 under fire from the Taliban. This is such an avoidable shame.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.271676300578\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Imagine the optics if America is pulling out of Afghanistan on 9\/11 under fire from the Taliban. This is such an avoidable shame.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Max Abrahms (@MaxAbrahms) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaxAbrahms\/status\/1382266966866530304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAfghanistan is going to fall into war when the US leaves,\u201d Abrahms told The Daily Wire in a statement. \u201cThe Taliban is too strong compared to the government. But the extra 4 months won\u2019t change that dynamic. The only thing that will change is that the Taliban will probably start shooting at us because we betrayed our word to leave on May 1.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Politico <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/04\/13\/biden-withdraws-us-troops-afghanistan-481133\">noted<\/a> that the decision \u201cwill likely prompt the Taliban to renew attacks on the roughly 3,500 American troops there, which have largely halted since the February 2020 agreement between the Trump administration and Taliban officials.\u201d Former President Barack Obama\u2019s Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/video\/2019\/05\/13\/gates_stands_by_statement_that_biden_has_been_wrong_on_nearly_every_major_foreign_policy_question.html\">warned<\/a> in the past that Biden has a disastrous record when it comes to foreign policy and national security.<\/p>\n<p>Terrorism analyst Bill Roggio, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), said that Biden handed the Taliban a major propaganda win.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChoosing Sept. 11, 2021, the 20th anniversary, as the date all U.S. troops will leave Afghanistan, is a masterful propaganda stroke by the Taliban, and that will please its ally, Al Qaeda,\u201d Roggio <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/billroggio\/status\/1382072060978024454\">said<\/a>. \u201cOh, wait, the Biden administration chose that date.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brad Bowman, senior director at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), said, \u201cI give them credit for at least admitting they are ignoring conditions on the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.8653846153846\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I give them credit for at least admitting they are ignoring conditions on the ground. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M0agUTQmPZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/M0agUTQmPZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brad Bowman (@Brad_L_Bowman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Brad_L_Bowman\/status\/1382015838295879682?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hudson Institute Senior Fellow Rebeccah Heinrichs blasted the Biden administration in a statement to The Daily Wire for having \u201cmore troops protecting the Capitol from mythical enemies than we currently have in Afghanistan protecting us from actual terrorists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStripping away all other aspects of the mission in Afghanistan so that we are only narrowly focused on counter-terrorism was the right thing to do,\u201d Heinrichs said. \u201cSuddenly going to zero brings significant risk, and announcing the date in advance means we could have a spate of violence against troops still there, and leaving on the anniversary of 9\/11? It\u2019s a gift to the Taliban.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">This is just horrendous,\u201d terrorism researcher Kyle Orton <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KyleWOrton\/status\/1382013275303518213\">said<\/a>. \u201cThe <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">Biden<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> people are clearly fine with the imminent collapse of <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">Afghanistan<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u2018s government and the reconquest by the <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">Taliban<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">. And to have Colin Powell (of all people) brought in to quote the Soviet example \u2013 as a positive! Lunacy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cJohn Sopko, the independent special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, warned Congress last month that U.S. withdrawal without a peace deal in place would be \u2018a disaster\u2019 and mean government collapse,\u201d The Washington Post reported. \u201cOthers have warned of civil war, as regional warlords have amassed and armed their own forces.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s highly controversial decision on Afghanistan comes as Russia is testing him in Eastern Europe, where they are amassing a large number of forces on Ukraine\u2019s border. China has also shown numerous signs of increased aggression on issues ranging from Taiwan, the South China Sea, and relations with U.S. diplomats. Iran has managed to get the Biden administration crawling back to the table seeking a return to the controversial 2015 nuclear deal. North Korea has indicated that it is not interested in communicating with the Biden administration and has resumed weapons testing.<\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Foreign policy and terrorism experts slammed President Joe Biden this week following his announcement that he was going to pull all U.S. troops out of Afghanistan by Sept. 11, 2021, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312150,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1811.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Biden Blasted By Terrorism, Foreign Policy Experts Over Afghanistan Decision: \u2018Such An Avoidable Shame\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-420582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1811.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Biden Blasted By Terrorism, Foreign Policy Experts Over Afghanistan Decision: \u2018Such An Avoidable Shame\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420582","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2312150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}