{"id":662126,"date":"2021-08-19T13:22:46","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T17:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=662126"},"modified":"2021-08-19T13:22:48","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T17:22:48","slug":"biden-dismisses-concerns-about-afghans-trying-to-flee-the-taliban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-dismisses-concerns-about-afghans-trying-to-flee-the-taliban\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden dismisses concerns about Afghans trying to flee the Taliban"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fbiden-dismisses-concerns-about-afghans-trying-to-flee-the-taliban%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=662126&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_2495665\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2495665\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Joe Biden speaks from the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Aug 18, 2021, on the COVID-19 response and vaccination program. U.S. health officials Wednesday announced plans to offer COVID-19 booster shots to all Americans to shore up their protection amid the surging delta variant and signs that the vaccines\u2019 effectiveness is falling. (AP Photo\/Susan Walsh)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 10:15 AM PT \u2013 Thursday, August 19, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Joe Biden dismissed concerns about fatalities of fleeing Afghans during a heated interview about the Taliban takeover. On Wednesday, Biden was asked about recently surfaced videos, which show residents falling to their death as they cling to evacuation planes. The Democrat brushed this off as something that happened \u201cfour-to-five days ago&#8217;\u201d when it was, in fact, only two.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">EXCLUSIVE: Pressed on whether the U.S.&#8217;s exit from Afghanistan could have been handled better, Pres. Biden tells <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GStephanopoulos?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GStephanopoulos<\/a>, &#8220;The idea that somehow, there&#8217;s a way to have gotten out without chaos ensuing\u2014I don&#8217;t know how that happens.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mH1AyWI5lb\">https:\/\/t.co\/mH1AyWI5lb<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/osAwdDQy2L\">pic.twitter.com\/osAwdDQy2L<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ABC News (@ABC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC\/status\/1428098017496682503?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Biden was then grilled for his judgment in July when he predicted a tragedy like this was highly unlikely.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe idea that the Taliban would takeover was premised on the notion that somehow the 300,000 troops we had trained and equipped was gonna just collapse, they were gonna give up,\u201d he previously stated. \u201cI don\u2019t think anybody anticipated that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden went on to say he does not believe there was a better way his administration could have withdrawn troops from Afghanistan. However, a Trump-era program, which could quickly airlift Americans from Afghanistan, was found to have been scrapped by his administration.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-18-at-3.03.48-PM-800x501.png\"> According to the National Puls<\/a>e on Wednesday, Biden shut down the State Department\u2019s Contingency and Crisis Response Program earlier this year. The program, implemented by the Trump administration, was designed to provide diplomatic, medical and logistical support to Americans abroad to prevent Benghazi-style situations. Biden\u2019s officials reportedly defunded that program in June as part of its reversals of President Donald Trump\u2019s policies.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/biden-admits-mistakes-were-made-in-afghanistan\/\">Biden Admits Mistakes Were Made In Afghanistan<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden speaks from the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Aug 18, 2021, on the COVID-19 response and vaccination program. 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