{"id":646910,"date":"2021-08-15T08:51:43","date_gmt":"2021-08-15T12:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=646910"},"modified":"2021-08-15T08:51:46","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T12:51:46","slug":"on-bidens-shoulders-combat-vet-joni-ernst-blasts-potus-for-afghanistan-collapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/on-bidens-shoulders-combat-vet-joni-ernst-blasts-potus-for-afghanistan-collapse\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018On Biden\u2019s Shoulders\u2019: Combat Vet Joni Ernst Blasts POTUS For Afghanistan Collapse"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fon-bidens-shoulders-combat-vet-joni-ernst-blasts-potus-for-afghanistan-collapse%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=646910&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\/08\/GettyImages-1231927282.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The first female combat veteran elected to the U.S. Senate blasted President Joe Biden for the impending collapse of Afghanistan to the Taliban, calling the \u201crapid and haphazard withdraw of American troops,\u201d before securing the embassy and following other protocols, \u201cshameful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a very grim reality, not just for the United States but for so many of our partners around the world to see Afghanistan fall like this. It is all on President Biden\u2019s shoulders,\u201d Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/sen-joni-ernst-first-female-combat-vet-in-senate-laments-afghan-collapse-it-is-all-on-president-biden\">said<\/a> on Fox News airwaves, Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis rapid and haphazard withdrawal of American troops \u2014 before we knew that our embassy would be safe, before we had our Afghan interpreters and other friends out of Afghanistan, to allow it to fall like this without any sort of plan or recourse, it is shameful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgain, it is all on President Biden,\u201d the Republican emphasized.<\/p>\n<p>Ernst warned that Taliban control over Afghanistan \u201ccould make it possible for Islamic extremist groups to again have a safe haven to \u2018reconstitute\u2019 themselves,\u201d Fox noted. She also underscored the risks to women in particular in the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis did not have to happen,\u201d the senator asserted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/u-s-helicopters-rush-in-to-evacuate-americans-at-embassy-in-kabul-this-is-joe-bidens-saigon\">U.S. Helicopters Rush In To Evacuate Americans At Embassy In Kabul: \u2018This Is Joe Biden\u2019s&nbsp;Saigon\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This past week, the&nbsp;Pentagon announced thousands of troops would be headed back to Afghanistan to evacuate American citizens and Afghan interpreters from the U.S. Embassy in Kabul,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-u-s-sending-3000-troops-back-into-afghanistan-amid-rapidly-deteriorating-situation\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"17.824604141291\">\n<p><em>Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said three battalions \u2014 one from the Army and two from the Marines \u2014 will enter Afghanistan over the next 48 hours to assist with security at the Kabul airport and that a brigade of 4,000 Army soldiers was being sent to Kuwait to be on standby if more troops were needed.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAfghan government forces are collapsing even faster than U.S. military leaders thought possible just a few months ago when President Joe Biden ordered a full withdrawal,\u201d The Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/politics\/articles\/2021-08-12\/us-official-us-troops-to-help-evacuate-embassy-in-kabul\">reported<\/a>. \u201cThe Taliban, who ruled the country from 1996 until U.S. forces invaded after the 9\/11 attacks, captured three more provincial capitals Wednesday and two on Thursday, the 10th and 11th the insurgents have taken in a weeklong sweep that has given them effective control of about two-thirds of the country.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Notably, as highlighted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-u-s-sending-3000-troops-back-into-afghanistan-amid-rapidly-deteriorating-situation\">The Daily Wire<\/a>, POTUS&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2021\/07\/08\/remarks-by-president-biden-on-the-drawdown-of-u-s-forces-in-afghanistan\/\">said<\/a> in July that it was \u201cnot inevitable\u201d the Taliban would take over Afghanistan as the U.S. publicly withdrawals. \u201c[T]he likelihood there\u2019s going to be the Taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely,\u201d Biden claimed.<\/p>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump on Saturday released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trump-on-afghanistan-biden-wrong-every-time-a-complete-failure-through-weakness-incompetence\">statement<\/a> blasting Biden for the debacle in the Middle East:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"21\">\n<p><em>Joe Biden gets it wrong every time on foreign policy, and many other issues. Everyone knew he couldn\u2019t handle the pressure. Even Obama\u2019s Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, said as much. He ran out of Afghanistan instead of following the plan our Administration left for him \u2014 a plan that protected our people and our property, and ensured the Taliban would never dream of taking our Embassy or providing a base for new attacks against America. The withdrawal would be guided by facts on the ground.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>After I took out ISIS, I established a credible deterrent. That deterrent is now gone. The Taliban no longer has fear or respect for America, or America\u2019s power. What a disgrace it will be when the Taliban raises their flag over America\u2019s Embassy in Kabul. This is complete failure through weakness, incompetence, and total strategic incoherence.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trump-on-afghanistan-biden-wrong-every-time-a-complete-failure-through-weakness-incompetence\">Trump On Afghanistan: Biden \u2018Wrong Every Time,\u2019 A \u2018Complete Failure Through Weakness,&nbsp;Incompetence\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-u-s-sending-3000-troops-back-into-afghanistan-amid-rapidly-deteriorating-situation\">U.S. Sending 3,000 Troops Back Into Afghanistan Amid Rapidly Deteriorating&nbsp;Situation<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>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 <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first female combat veteran elected to the U.S. Senate blasted President Joe Biden for the impending collapse of Afghanistan to the Taliban, calling the \u201crapid and haphazard withdraw of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-646910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646910","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=646910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646910\/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=646910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=646910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=646910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}