{"id":691810,"date":"2021-08-27T23:20:33","date_gmt":"2021-08-28T03:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=691810"},"modified":"2021-08-27T23:20:40","modified_gmt":"2021-08-28T03:20:40","slug":"what-bs-lindsey-graham-calls-biden-the-president-of-empty-promises-for-pledging-to-hunt-down-terrorists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-bs-lindsey-graham-calls-biden-the-president-of-empty-promises-for-pledging-to-hunt-down-terrorists\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018What BS\u2019: Lindsey Graham Calls Biden \u2018The President Of Empty Promises\u2019 For Pledging To \u2018Hunt Down\u2019 Terrorists"},"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%2Fwhat-bs-lindsey-graham-calls-biden-the-president-of-empty-promises-for-pledging-to-hunt-down-terrorists%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=691810&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--><p>Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham said Friday on \u201cHannity\u201d that President Joe Biden is \u201cthe president of empty promises\u201d&nbsp; and said he the U.S. must \u201cbleed the Taliban dry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Biden is the president of empty threats,\u201d Graham told Fox News host Sean Hannity. \u201cHe said on television, if you hurt one American, we will hunt you down. What B.S.,\u201d Graham continued, suggesting that the U.S. should recognize the vice president of the former government as the \u201clegitimate constitutional leader of Afghanistan.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/27\/former-navy-seal-rob-oneill-taliban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018Why Don\u2019t We Just Go And Kill Them\u2019: Former Navy SEAL Who Killed Obama Says US Should Stop Negotiating With the Taliban)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The senator said it is necessary to take back the surrendered Bagram airbase and connect it to the Panjshir Valley and that the U.S. \u201cshould bleed the Taliban dry by allowing Afghans who hate these bastards the capability to fight back and if we\u2019ll do that, we will be safer. If we abandon Afghanistan more, another 9\/11 is coming your way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Graham said he is opposed to leaving any Americans or any of \u201cour allies behind,\u201d adding that he is \u201cnot for a terrorist group running Afghanistan. He called the Taliban \u201cthe soul mate of al-Qaida\u201d and called anyone who thinks a terrorist group can run Afghanistan \u201ca fool,\u201d claiming that most Afghans are not in favor of the Taliban.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can get military assistance to these people to let them fight \u2026 We should declare the Taliban under U.S. law a foreign terrorist organization. We should recognize the Panjshir Valley as the capital of Afghanistan at every turn and empower our allies on the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thirteen U.S.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/26\/united-states-marines-killed-kabul-afghanistan-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">military personnel died<\/a> in a terrorist attack Thursday. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/23\/united-states-control-own-destiny-gen-jack-keane-joe-biden-administration-taliban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018The United States Is In Control Of Its Own Destiny\u2019: Gen. Jack Keane Says US Cannot Allow Taliban To Impede Evacuation Process)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7270908\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"37\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7270908\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7270908\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Taliban-Fighter-Getty-scaled-e1630096686959.jpg\" alt=\"A Taliban fighter stands guard at the site of the August 26 twin suicide bombs, which killed scores of people including 13 US troops, at Kabul airport on August 27, 2021. (Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR\/AFP via Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Taliban-Fighter-Getty-scaled-e1630096686959.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Taliban-Fighter-Getty-scaled-e1630096686959-279x120.jpg 279w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Taliban-Fighter-Getty-scaled-e1630096686959-620x266-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Taliban-Fighter-Getty-scaled-e1630096686959-768x330-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Taliban-Fighter-Getty-scaled-e1630096686959-1536x660-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Taliban-Fighter-Getty-scaled-e1630096686959-2048x880-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7270908\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Taliban fighter stands guard at the site of the August 26 twin suicide bombs, which killed scores of people including 13 US troops, at Kabul airport on Aug. 27, 2021. (Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>During her Friday media briefing, White House press secretary Jen Psaki&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/27\/jen-psaki-afghanistan-fallout-kabul-taliban-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told reporters<\/a> that \u201cclearly, something went wrong\u201d with the Afghanistan withdrawal but then <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/27\/jen-psaki-rebuff-question-joe-biden-afghanistan-decisions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">scolded one reporter<\/a> for questioning the decisions that the Biden administration made in planning and executing the operation.<\/p>\n<p>Pentagon spokesman Jack Kirby <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/27\/pentagon-grilled-security-terror-attack-kabul-afghanistan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">faced questions<\/a> Friday on why airport security was apparently so ineffective to allow a terrorist attack to kill dozens of people.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/27\/us-military-responds-airstrike-afghanistan-isis-k-deadly-terror-attack-kabul\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">launched an airstrike<\/a> Friday against an \u201cISIS-K planner.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham said Friday on \u201cHannity\u201d that President Joe Biden is \u201cthe president of empty promises\u201d\u00a0 and said he the U.S. must \u201cbleed the Taliban dry.\u201d\u201cPresident &#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-691810","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\/691810","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=691810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691810\/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=691810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=691810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=691810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}