{"id":688041,"date":"2021-08-26T19:50:20","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T23:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=688041"},"modified":"2021-08-26T19:50:22","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T23:50:22","slug":"biden-takes-responsibility-for-the-afghanistan-debacle-but","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-takes-responsibility-for-the-afghanistan-debacle-but\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Takes Responsibility For The Afghanistan Debacle, But \u2026"},"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%2Fbiden-takes-responsibility-for-the-afghanistan-debacle-but%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=688041&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\/IMG-5046-e1630020572708.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>President Joe Biden said he \u201cbears responsibility\u201d for the current situation in Afghanistan that has recently unfolded, then immediately blamed former President Donald Trump at a Thursday press briefing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI bear responsibility for fundamentally all that\u2019s happened, of late,\u201d Biden said. \u201cBut here\u2019s the deal \u2026 a former president made a deal with the Taliban; that he would get all American forces out of Afghanistan by May 1 [2020]. In return he was given a commitment that the Taliban would continue to attack others but would not attack any American forces,\u201d Biden told Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"9.5591054313099\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Peter Doocy asks Biden if he bears responsibility for what\u2019s happened in Afghanistan the last 2 seeks. Biden acknowledges he does, but points out that Trump made a deal with the Taliban that contributed to the chaotic state of affairs there. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eo46M8Pmoj\">pic.twitter.com\/eo46M8Pmoj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atrupar\/status\/1431011769359732741?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The president\u2019s remarks came hours following the Thursday morning suicide bombing <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/26\/pentagon-kabul-airport-explosion-afghanistan-taliban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">explosion<\/a> at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, which killed at least <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/08\/26\/explosion-rocks-kabul-airport-as-us-tries-to-evacuate-thousands-506937\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">thirteen<\/a> U.S. service members and a minimum of 60 Afghan civilians. The incident took place five days prior to the Biden administration\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/24\/joe-biden-keeping-aug-31-afghanistan-withdrawal-date\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aug. 31 withdrawal deadline<\/a>, which has established that all American forces will exit the country. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/18\/mike-pence-op-ed-joe-biden-breaking-deal-taliban-withdrawal-foreign-policy-humiliation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Pence Accuses Biden Of Breaking Deal With Taliban, Says Withdrawal Is \u2018Disastrous\u2019 And A \u2018Foreign-Policy Humiliation)&nbsp;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During the withdrawal process, the Taliban successfully regained control of the country after the Aug. 15 <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/15\/taliban-islamic-emirate-of-afghanistan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">breach<\/a> of Kabul, causing thousands of Afghan civilians, Americans, and those from foreign nations to rapidly attempt to evacuate. Currently, an unknown number of Americans are in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration issued a February 29, 2020, long-term&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/02\/21\/united-states-taliban-afghanistan-peace-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">peace deal<\/a> with the Taliban aimed at reducing U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan after agreeing to a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/02\/14\/taliban-afghanistan-truce-trump-pompeo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reduction in violence<\/a>&nbsp;amid the Taliban\u2019s attacks on U.S. forces. Following the peace deal, the former president had aimed to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by May 1, 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/02\/29\/810537586\/u-s-signs-peace-deal-with-taliban-after-nearly-2-decades-of-war-in-afghanistan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to NPR.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/13\/joe-biden-middle-east-afghanistan-troop-withdrawal-taliban-may-1-september-11\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">extended<\/a> the former administration\u2019s May 1 deadline to Sept. 11, stating that meeting the initial deadline would be \u201ctough\u201d and exiting the region responsibly would \u201ctake more time.\u201d The president <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/14\/joe-biden-afghanistan-troop-withdrawal-iraq-taliban-september-11\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">vowed<\/a> to end the 20-year war in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has continuously called on Biden to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/16\/donald-trump-statement-joe-biden-resignation-afghanistan-border-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">resign<\/a>, first calling for the president\u2019s resignation in an Aug. 16 statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is time for Joe Biden to resign in disgrace for what he has allowed to happen in Afghanistan, along with the tremendous surge in COVID, the Border catastrophe, the destruction of energy independence, and our crippled economy,\u201d the former president said.<\/p>\n<p>He had previously criticized Biden for his \u201cweakness, incompetence, and total strategic incoherence\u201d in a Saturday statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 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,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden said he \u201cbears responsibility\u201d for the current situation in Afghanistan that has recently unfolded, then immediately blamed former President Donald Trump at a Thursday press briefing.\u201cI bear &#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-688041","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\/688041","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=688041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688041\/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=688041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=688041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=688041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}