{"id":428394,"date":"2021-04-15T16:50:47","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T20:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=428394"},"modified":"2021-04-15T16:50:50","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T20:50:50","slug":"nancy-pelosi-appears-to-flip-flop-on-afghanistan-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nancy-pelosi-appears-to-flip-flop-on-afghanistan-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Nancy Pelosi Appears To Flip-Flop On Afghanistan, Again"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fnancy-pelosi-appears-to-flip-flop-on-afghanistan-again%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=428394&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-2081.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Earlier this week, President Joe Biden announced that he was planning to pull all U.S. troops out of Afghanistan by September 11, 2021 \u2014 the twentieth anniversary of the deadliest terror attack in American history \u2014 when he extended the May 1 deadline set by former President Donald Trump.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe Afghan War is the longest war in United States history, stretching from just days after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks that killed more than 3,000 Americans, all the way through the George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump presidential administrations,\u201d reported <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/president-biden-announces-plan-to-pull-all-us-troops-from-afghanistan-by-september-11\"><span>The Daily Wire<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Wednesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) released a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.speaker.gov\/newsroom\/41421\"><span>statement<\/span><\/a><span> regarding Biden\u2019s announcement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe Biden Administration\u2019s announced timeline for the safe, strategic and orderly departure of American troops from Afghanistan is an important and welcomed development. As Speaker, I support this transition and President Biden\u2019s leadership to protect the safety of our troops and the security of the American people which must be our priority,\u201d Pelosi\u2019s statement began.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe United States Congress remains committed to advancing peace and security in Afghanistan and the region, including an inclusive Afghan government that respects the human rights of all its people. It is imperative that the hard-won gains secured by and for Afghan women and girls are not erased. Congress will be working closely with the Administration to ensure that our support for our Afghan partners remains strong and that this transition is orderly and made in coordination with our allies,\u201d the statement continued.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAs we mark twenty years since the tragedy of September 11, we look forward to welcoming our heroic troops back to American shores safely as soon as possible,\u201d Pelosi concluded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Biden\u2019s decision was widely criticized by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-blasted-by-terrorism-foreign-policy-experts-over-afghanistan-decision-such-an-avoidable-shame\"><span>foreign policy experts<\/span><\/a><span>, and Pelosi\u2019s outspoken support seems at odds with her response to Trump\u2019s announcement of a withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan in late 2020, given that Biden\u2019s announcement is simply an extension of Trump\u2019s original deadline.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c<\/span><span>Our military and allies deserve strong, smart and strategic leadership to protect America\u2019s security and that of the region. America went into Afghanistan with NATO, and it is concerning that Trump\u2019s withdrawal is being carried out without the close and comprehensive coordination of NATO. It is important to note that NATO is a key partner contributing over half of the troop presence in Afghanistan. This hasty withdrawal does not appear to have a strategic plan that adequately anticipates contingencies, especially related to terrorism and the protection of our military, diplomats and development presence,\u201d Pelosi <a href=\"https:\/\/pelosi.house.gov\/news\/press-releases\/pelosi-statement-on-trump-s-announced-troop-withdrawal-from-afghanistan-and-iraq\">stated<\/a> in November 17, 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAs NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned today, \u2018The price for leaving too soon or in an uncoordinated way could be very high. Afghanistan risks becoming once again a platform for international terrorists to plan and organize attacks on our homelands. And ISIS could rebuild in Afghanistan the terror caliphate it lost in Syria and Iraq,\u2019\u201d the House Speaker added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe can ill afford to lose the hard-won gains in the pillars of security, economic development and governance made in Afghanistan. We always want to bring our troops home and look forward to welcoming them back to American shores safely as soon as possible,\u201d Pelosi concluded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time Pelosi has appeared to change course on the subject of the war in Afghanistan. In 2009, The Wall Street Journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/SB10001424052970203440104574407280921341384\">reported<\/a> that Pelosi stated, \u201cI don\u2019t think there is a great deal of support for sending more troops to Afghanistan, in the country or in Congress,\u201d in response to reports of a request for an increase in troop numbers.<\/p>\n<p>The Wall Street Journal then noted, \u201cIt is well known that Mr. Obama has called Afghanistan a \u2018war of necessity.\u2019 Less publicized is that in 2007 Speaker Pelosi was also saying that our real interests were in Afghanistan. \u2018The war on terror is in Afghanistan,\u2019 Ms. Pelosi said just two years ago. \u2018The fact that we weakened our commitment to Afghanistan in order to concentrate in Iraq has taken a toll.&#8217;\u201d<\/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>Earlier this week, President Joe Biden announced that he was planning to pull all U.S. troops out of Afghanistan by September 11, 2021 \u2014 the twentieth anniversary of the deadliest &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312248,"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-2081.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Nancy Pelosi Appears To Flip-Flop On Afghanistan, Again","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-428394","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-2081.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Nancy Pelosi Appears To Flip-Flop On Afghanistan, Again","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428394","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=428394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428394\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2312248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}