{"id":647717,"date":"2021-08-15T14:21:55","date_gmt":"2021-08-15T18:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=647717"},"modified":"2021-08-15T14:21:59","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T18:21:59","slug":"report-biden-ordered-afghanistan-pullout-against-top-generals-warnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-biden-ordered-afghanistan-pullout-against-top-generals-warnings\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Biden Ordered Afghanistan Pullout Against Top Generals\u2019 Warnings"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Freport-biden-ordered-afghanistan-pullout-against-top-generals-warnings%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=647717&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\/Joe-Biden-3.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>President Joe Biden reportedly overruled the advice of his top military officials when ordering the United States\u2019s pullout from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>Biden met with several top military commanders before announcing his intent to withdraw the United States completely from Afghanistan. The generals recommending Biden leave a force of 2,500 servicemen in the country and step up negotiations with the Taliban for a peace deal. The president declined their advice.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/bidens-afghanistan-exit-raises-questions-about-his-foreign-policy-record-11629035042\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a> reports:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"13.118892508143\">\n<p><em>In contrast to the numerous Trump policies he reversed, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/president-biden-to-say-it-is-time-for-u-s-troops-to-leave-afghanistan-11618409428?mod=article_inline\">opted to carry out Mr. Trump\u2019s deal<\/a>&nbsp;with the Taliban instead of trying to renegotiate it. In so doing,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/biden-rebuffed-commanders-advice-in-decision-to-leave-afghanistan-11618696597?mod=article_inline\">he overruled his top military commanders<\/a>: Gen. Frank McKenzie, the commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East; Gen. Austin Scott Miller, who led NATO forces in Afghanistan; and Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Citing the risks of removing American forces to Afghan security and the U.S. Embassy, they recommended that the U.S. keep 2,500 troops in Afghanistan while stepping up diplomacy to try to cement a peace agreement.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Afghanistan government is quickly crumbling. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/thats-it-its-over-afghan-president-and-core-team-flown-out-of-afghanistan\">fled<\/a> the country Sunday morning as Taliban militants entered Kabul, the nation\u2019s capital city. The Taliban and what is left of the government are negotiating a transfer of power.<\/p>\n<p>The United States is evacuating and abandoning its embassy in Kabul. U.S. personnel and officials are using Kabul\u2019s airport to fly out of the country, though evacuation plans descended further into chaos on Sunday when the embassy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/u-s-embassy-in-kabul-instructs-americans-to-shelter-in-place-airport-taking-fire-situation-deteriorating-rapidly\">released<\/a> a statement warning Americans in Kabul to \u201cshelter in place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are instructing U.S. citizens to shelter in place,\u201d the embassy said. \u201cThe U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan has suspended consular operations effective immediately. Do not come to the Embassy or airport at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe security situation in Kabul is changing quickly and the situation at the airport is deteriorating rapidly. There are reports of the airport taking fire and we are instructing U.S. citizens to shelter in place,\u201d the statement continued. \u201cThe U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan has suspended consular operations effective immediately. Do not come to the Embassy or airport at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cU.S. citizens needing assistance in departing the country should register for any option that might be identified to return to the United States,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken went on several networks Sunday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/blinken-blames-trump-admin-for-afghanistan-withdrawal-claims-exit-is-orderly-this-is-manifestly-not-saigon\">defending<\/a> the Afghanistan withdrawal against heavy criticism and allegations that the chaos is reminiscent of the U.S. pullout of Saigon in 1975. He also contended that the evacuation from Kabul was \u201corderly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere\u2019s the choice the president faced, again, remember that a deadline was established by the previous administration of May 1st to get our remaining forces out of Afghanistan and the idea that we could\u2019ve sustained the status quo by keeping our forces there, I think, is wrong, because here\u2019s what would have happened if the president decided to keep those forces there,\u201d Blinken said in an interview on ABC. \u201cDuring the period from when the agreement was reached to May 1st, that Taliban had ceased attacking our forces ceased attacking NATO forces. It had also held off on this major offensive that we see now to try to take over the country to go for these provincial capitols, which in recent weeks it has succeeded in doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCome May 2nd, if the President decided to say \u2014 all gloves would have been off. We would have been back at war with the Taliban. They would have been attacking our forces. We would have had 2,500 or so forces remaining in the country with airpower,\u201d he continued.<\/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 <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden reportedly overruled the advice of his top military officials when ordering the United States\u2019s pullout from Afghanistan.Biden met with several top military commanders before announcing his intent &#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-647717","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\/647717","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=647717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647717\/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=647717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}