{"id":435369,"date":"2021-04-20T12:35:53","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T16:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=435369"},"modified":"2021-04-20T12:35:56","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T16:35:56","slug":"former-president-bush-issues-warning-about-bidens-decision-to-withdraw-troops-from-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-president-bush-issues-warning-about-bidens-decision-to-withdraw-troops-from-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Former President Bush Issues Warning About Biden\u2019s Decision To Withdraw Troops From Afghanistan"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fformer-president-bush-issues-warning-about-bidens-decision-to-withdraw-troops-from-afghanistan%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=435369&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-2921.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Former President George W. Bush on Tuesday warned that President Joe Biden\u2019s decision to pull all American troops from Afghanistan could hurt women and girls if the \u201cbrutal\u201d Taliban returns to power.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy first reaction was, wow, these girls are going to have real trouble with the Taliban,\u201d Bush <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/video\/former-president-george-w-bush-immigration-system-needs-to-be-reformed-110509125680\">said<\/a> on NBC\u2019s \u201cToday.\u201d \u201cA lot of gains have been made, and so I\u2019m deeply concerned about the plight of women and girls in that country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the administration hopes that the girls are going be OK through diplomacy. We\u2019ll find out. All I know is the Taliban, when they had the run of the place, they were brutal,\u201d Bush said.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican has been making public appearances to hawk his new book, \u201cOut of Many, One: Portraits of America\u2019s Immigrants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The war in Afghanistan began on October 7, 2001, less than a month after the September 11 attacks. But despite campaign pledges by Barack Obama in his first run for the White House \u2014 as well as Donald Trump \u2014 neither ever fully withdrew U.S. troops from the war-torn nation. The war has cost more than $2.2 trillion, according to one <a href=\"https:\/\/watson.brown.edu\/costsofwar\/figures\/2021\/us-costs-date-war-afghanistan-2001-2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">analysis<\/a>\u00a0conducted by Brown University\u2019s Watson Institute of International and Public Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Biden said last week that the events of 9\/11 \u201ccannot explain why we should remain there in 2021.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot continue the cycle of extending or expanding our military presence in Afghanistan hoping to create the ideal conditions for our withdrawal, expecting a different result,\u201d Biden\u00a0said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWar in Afghanistan was never meant to be a multigenerational undertaking,\u201d Biden said, noting that service members now serving in Afghanistan had parents who served in the same war.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were attacked,\u201d the president said in his 16-minute speech. \u201cWe went to war with clear goals. We achieved those objectives,\u201d he said. \u201cWe cannot continue the cycle of extending or expanding our military presence in Afghanistan, hoping to create ideal conditions for withdrawal, and expecting a different result.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m now the fourth United States president to preside over American troop presence in Afghanistan \u2014 Two Republicans, two Democrats. I will not pass this responsibility on to a fifth,\u201d said Biden, noting that it has become the \u201cforever war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden said he spoke to Bush before announcing the move.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI spoke yesterday with President Bush to inform him of my decision,\u201d Biden said. \u201cWhile he and I have had many disagreements over policy throughout the years, we\u2019re absolutely united in our respect and support for the valor, the courage, and integrity of the women and men in the United States Armed Forces who served, and immensely grateful for the bravery and backbone they have shown through nearly two decades of combat deployments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president also said Obama, who issued his own statement on the matter Wednesday, supported the withdrawal.<\/p>\n<p>But other Republicans countered with fiery rhetoric, with one U.S. senator saying the withdrawal could lead to another 9-11.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith all due respect to President Biden, you have not ended the war, you\u2019ve extended it,\u201d the South Carolina Republican said during a Capitol Hill press conference. \u201cYou have made it bigger, not smaller.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe likelihood of this happening again is going through the roof after President Biden\u2019s decision today,\u201d Graham said. \u201cHe\u2019s setting Afghanistan on a path to deteriorate rather quickly and for the enemy, radical Islam, to reconstitute. It\u00a0can all be\u00a0avoided with a minimal commitment compared to the past.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President George W. 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