{"id":647644,"date":"2021-08-15T13:51:44","date_gmt":"2021-08-15T17:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=647644"},"modified":"2021-08-15T13:51:46","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T17:51:46","slug":"secy-blinken-wed-be-back-at-war-with-the-taliban-if-we-hadnt-withdrawn-from-afghanistan-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secy-blinken-wed-be-back-at-war-with-the-taliban-if-we-hadnt-withdrawn-from-afghanistan-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Secy. Blinken: We\u2019d be back at war with the Taliban if we hadn\u2019t withdrawn from Afghanistan now"},"content":{"rendered":"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\">34<\/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%2Fsecy-blinken-wed-be-back-at-war-with-the-taliban-if-we-hadnt-withdrawn-from-afghanistan-now%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"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=647644&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_2491599\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2491599\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks about infrastructure investment at the University of Marylands A. James Clark School of Engineering, on August 9, 2021, in College Park, Maryland. (PATRICK SEMANSKY\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 10:42 AM PT \u2013 Sunday, August 15, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he fears U.S. troops would have come under Taliban attack if they\u2019d remained in Afghanistan any longer. In an interview on Sunday, Blinken tried to defend Joe Biden\u2019s plan to withdraw troops, despite having to redeploy them amid a Taliban takeover.<\/p>\n<p>Biden has taken heat over the move after saying just last month that it was unlikely the Taliban would overrun the country. According to Blinken, maintaining the status quo of troops in Afghanistan would have resulted in attacks on those troops.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike it or not, there was an agreement that the forces would come out May 1. Had they not, had we not begun that process, which is what the President did and the Taliban saw, then we would have been back at war with the Taliban,\u201d stated Blinken.<\/p>\n<p>When asked why troops weren\u2019t being kept in the country until all personnel were out, Blinken said the quick redeployment of troops showed the administration was prepared for every contingency. He noted the Taliban has been warned of a swift response if they interfere with U.S. personnel or operations.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Secretary of State Antony Blinken defends the Biden administration&#8217;s decision to pull US forces out of Afghanistan: &#8220;The idea that the status quo could have been maintained by keeping our forces there, I think, is simply wrong.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CNNSOTU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CNNSOTU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5uk1k2vMbY\">https:\/\/t.co\/5uk1k2vMbY<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qlX6LU7BTB\">pic.twitter.com\/qlX6LU7BTB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 State of the Union (@CNNSotu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNNSotu\/status\/1426897920738070533?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/gov-cuomo-argues-he-would-have-defeated-impeachment-says-resigning-was-the-right-thing-for-n-y\/\">Gov. Cuomo Argues He Would Have Defeated Impeachment, Says Resigning Was The \u2018Right Thing\u2019 For N.Y.<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks about infrastructure investment at the University of Marylands A. James Clark School of Engineering, on August 9, 2021, in College Park, Maryland. 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