{"id":428810,"date":"2021-04-15T18:06:10","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T22:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=428810"},"modified":"2021-04-15T18:06:12","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T22:06:12","slug":"republicans-urge-biden-admin-to-reevaluate-withdrawal-of-u-s-troops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-urge-biden-admin-to-reevaluate-withdrawal-of-u-s-troops\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans urge Biden admin. to reevaluate withdrawal of U.S. troops"},"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\">20<\/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%2Frepublicans-urge-biden-admin-to-reevaluate-withdrawal-of-u-s-troops%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=428810&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 id=\"attachment_2398474\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2398474\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) (Photo by Stefani Reynolds-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 2:30 PM PT \u2013 Thursday, April 15, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>More Republicans on Capitol Hill have spoken out, urging the Biden administration to re-evaluate its decision to remove U.S. troops from the Middle East. In a press briefing Wednesday, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said the complete \u201cpulling out\u201d of U.S. soldiers from Afghanistan could bring more terrorist threats in the future.<\/p>\n<p>He urged the White House to not forget what\u2019s at stake by reminding officials that the Taliban do not have the United States\u2019 best interests at heart.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t trust the Taliban to look out for American interests, but we\u2019re finding ourselves in a very precarious situation,\u201d Graham stated. \u201cAgain, there are no great outcomes, but this is the worst possible outcome \u2014 to pull up and leave and hope that things will turn out well. That did not happen in Iraq and it did not happen here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the length of the war, Graham said removing troops is a high risk. He also claimed the enemy is nowhere close to quitting.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sen. Lindsey Graham on withdrawing troops from Afghanistan: &#8220;President Biden, unfortunately, has chosen the highest risk option available, which is to leave no matter what.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HYlQnIjy66\">pic.twitter.com\/HYlQnIjy66<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Hill (@thehill) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thehill\/status\/1382436972162080776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI know people are frustrated by the length of the war, the money we spent, the lives we lost,\u201d Graham noted. \u201cAnd all I would say is: Never forget the enemy. It takes two to end the war. Folks, they\u2019re not close to quitting. The Taliban are different than Al-Qaeda and ISIS. I don\u2019t believe they will attack us here at home, but I believe they will allow Al-Qaeda and ISIS to roam freely in Afghanistan. They don\u2019t have the will or the capability to police them and I think this is a high-risk strategy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Graham emphasized that he prays he is wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Other Republicans have made similar comments that criticized Joe Biden for publicly announcing the given date of the troops\u2019 withdrawal from Afghanistan. Rep. Jody Hice (R-Ga.) told One America News that announcing the date was like giving a \u201cheads up\u201d to the Taliban, as they now have time to \u201cplan and strategize\u201d for when the withdrawal will take place.<\/p>\n<p>Hice also said a troop removal could bring instability to the entire region.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Graham tells me he offered to meet with Biden on March 22 to discuss leaving a &#8220;residual force&#8221; in Afghanistan. He says Biden didn&#8217;t take him up on his offer. Graham says he was able to convince Trump not to leave Syria. &#8220;This is a bad decision that will come back to haunt us.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QcMixDwpgL\">pic.twitter.com\/QcMixDwpgL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kellie Meyer (@KellieMeyerNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KellieMeyerNews\/status\/1382416446601453568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIf we leave entirely, I believe that it will bring instability to the region and it offers opportunity for more terrorists \u2014 like Al-Qaeda did before \u2014 to exercise leadership for terrorist activities around the world,\u201d Hice said. \u201cSo, I\u2019m a little dubious of a full withdrawal and especially declaring that and promoting it to the world when it\u2019s going to take place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Biden White House has also been criticized for announcing a withdrawal unilaterally in contrast with the Trump administration, which leveraged the pull-out of U.S. troops as a way to extract specific concessions from the Taliban.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/mccarthy-delivers-remarks-on-border-crisis-dem-court-packing-efforts\/\">McCarthy Delivers Remarks On Border Crisis, Dem Court Packing Efforts<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. 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