{"id":658642,"date":"2021-08-18T13:22:42","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T17:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=658642"},"modified":"2021-08-18T13:22:44","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T17:22:44","slug":"critics-slam-biden-for-afghanistan-withdrawal-question-his-competency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/critics-slam-biden-for-afghanistan-withdrawal-question-his-competency\/","title":{"rendered":"Critics slam Biden for Afghanistan withdrawal, question his competency"},"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\">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%2Fcritics-slam-biden-for-afghanistan-withdrawal-question-his-competency%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=658642&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_2468114\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2468114\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joe Biden removes his protective face mask at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) headquarters in Brussels. (Photo by STEPHANIE LECOCQ\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 10:21 AM PT \u2013 Wednesday, August 18, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Many of Joe Biden\u2019s typical supporters in the media and the Washington D.C. establishment are questioning his competency amid the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>On MSNBC Tuesday, anchor Chuck Todd admitted Biden\u2019s handling of Afghanistan lost him his so-called \u201chigh-marks in competency.\u201d Todd added, Biden was unprepared to retreat from Afghanistan, which is causing a show and muddled response from the American government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoe Biden\u2019s greatest strength against Donald Trump in the campaign was the idea that he\u2019s been around the block, he knows what he\u2019s doing, we\u2019re facing this crisis with COVID, we need some basic competency back in government, no more chaos,\u201d explained the anchor. \u201cHe\u2019s lost the competency, the high-marks he was getting at one time, and that\u2019s tough to get back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The criticism doesn\u2019t stop there. Even several Obama-era officials are calling out Biden. In an op-ed Monday, former diplomat Brett Bruen said Biden needs to shake up his National Security Council by firing his adviser Jake Sullivan. Bruen asserted that Sullivan has failed to adequately advise Biden and is contributing to the \u201cunnecessarily embarrassing\u201d situation in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Every passing day, Biden\u2019s botched Afghanistan withdrawal gets worse and brings with it national shame not seen since Vietnam.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep Andy Biggs (@RepAndyBiggsAZ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepAndyBiggsAZ\/status\/1428016367572197383?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Additionally, a top advisor to Obama, David Axelrod, stressed Biden should have embraced his response to the Taliban\u2019s takeover. Axelrod said the Biden administration can play the blame game all they want. It\u2019s Biden who\u2019s in charge of the withdrawal, however, not former administrations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a failure and he (Biden) needs to own that failure; he\u2019s the Commander in Chief,\u201d stated the former adviser. \u201cYou know, it\u2019s fine to say the Afghans didn\u2019t fight. That is true. We invested $90 billion or so in their army and the police there. They folded immediately; that is true. You can blame the Trump administration, but he\u2019s the Commander in Chief now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are pressing Biden to reveal his next steps in responding to the situation in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/president-trump-biden-handled-afghan-withdrawal-disastrously\/\">President Trump: Biden Handled Afghan Withdrawal \u2018Disastrously\u2019<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Biden removes his protective face mask at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) headquarters in Brussels. 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