{"id":706028,"date":"2021-09-01T10:36:09","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T14:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=706028"},"modified":"2021-09-01T10:36:37","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T14:36:37","slug":"analysis-was-trumps-afghanistan-withdrawal-plan-actually-different-from-bidens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/analysis-was-trumps-afghanistan-withdrawal-plan-actually-different-from-bidens\/","title":{"rendered":"ANALYSIS: Was Trump\u2019s Afghanistan Withdrawal Plan Actually Different From Biden\u2019s?"},"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%2Fanalysis-was-trumps-afghanistan-withdrawal-plan-actually-different-from-bidens%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=706028&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--><ul>\n<li><strong>The Trump administration signed a conditions-based agreement \u201cfor bringing peace to Afghanistan\u201d with the Taliban last year, the precursor to the disastrous withdrawal over which President Joe Biden presided.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cWe controlled everything. And they [the Taliban] were afraid to move. They wouldn\u2019t have moved,\u201d former President Donald Trump told Fox News on Aug. 26. \u201cThey wouldn\u2019t have done a thing [without] my approval. Everything they did was conditions-based, conditions-based. And the biggest condition, you can\u2019t kill Americans.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>After the Taliban violently seized control of many key Afghan provinces in apparent violation of its agreement with the Trump administration, Biden doubled down on his plan to quickly evacuate all U.S. forces from the country.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Trump administration signed a conditions-based agreement \u201cfor bringing peace to Afghanistan\u201d with the Taliban last year, the precursor to the disastrous withdrawal over which President Joe Biden presided.<\/p>\n<p>Biden referenced the agreement, which set the deadline for American troops to depart the country at May 1, 2021, during his April <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2021\/04\/14\/remarks-by-president-biden-on-the-way-forward-in-afghanistan\/\">speech<\/a> announcing that the U.S. would forge ahead with the withdrawal. The president said the previous agreement was \u201cperhaps not what I would have negotiated myself,\u201d but that he would stick to it regardless and order troops to leave Afghanistan by Sept. 11, 2021, the 20-year anniversary of 9\/11.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGetting out of Afghanistan is a wonderful and positive thing to do,\u201d former President Donald Trump said in a statement days after Biden\u2019s remarks, criticizing the decision to push the deadline back. \u201cI planned to withdraw on May 1st, and we should keep as close to that schedule as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the aftermath of the sudden <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/31\/america-first-legal-requests-investigation-into-the-biden-administrations-afghanistan-withdrawal-demands-answers-on-vetting-of-evacuees\/\">collapse<\/a> of the U.S.-backed Afghan government as the last American troops in the Middle Eastern nation were <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/31\/joe-biden-defends-success-afghanistan-evacuation-end-20-year-war\/\">departing<\/a> in August, Trump and his former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have harshly criticized the Biden administration\u2019s withdrawal. Trump and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/27\/pompeo-biden-trump-admin-conditions-based-withdrawal-plan\/\">Pompeo<\/a> claimed that their May 1 withdrawal plan wouldn\u2019t have led to the Taliban taking complete control of Afghanistan because it was a conditions-based agreement. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/30\/antony-blinken-taliban-afghanistan-evacuation-deadline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Blinken Says US Gave Americans In Afghanistan \u2018Every Opportunity\u2019 To Leave)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7273726\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"34\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7273726\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7273726\" src=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1234843526-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"U.S. Marines assist with security at an evacuation checkpoint ensuring evacuees are processed safely at Hamid Karzai International Airport on Aug. 20. (Staff Sgt. Victor Mancilla\/U.S. Marine Corps via Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1234843526-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1234843526-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1234843526-620x413-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1234843526-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1234843526-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1234843526-2048x1365-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7273726\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Marines assist with security at an evacuation checkpoint ensuring evacuees are processed safely at Hamid Karzai International Airport on Aug. 20. (Staff Sgt. Victor Mancilla\/U.S. Marine Corps via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe controlled everything. And they [the Taliban] were afraid to move. They wouldn\u2019t have moved,\u201d Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/transcript\/hannity-interviews-trump-on-afghanistan-biden\">told<\/a> Fox News on Aug. 26. \u201cThey wouldn\u2019t have done a thing [without] my approval. Everything they did was conditions-based, conditions-based. And the biggest condition, you can\u2019t kill Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pompeo <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mikepompeo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1431320198913613829%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdailycaller.com%2F2021%2F08%2F27%2Fpompeo-biden-trump-admin-conditions-based-withdrawal-plan%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">added<\/a> that the Trump administration had a \u201cmodel of deterrence\u201d in place to prevent a chaotic withdrawal. He said the Biden administration had been unable to execute the plan.<\/p>\n<p>Former Vice President Mike Pence <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/18\/mike-pence-op-ed-joe-biden-breaking-deal-taliban-withdrawal-foreign-policy-humiliation\/\">repeated<\/a> this claim, arguing that the Biden administration had violated the Trump-Taliban agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Pompeo declined to be interviewed by the Daily Caller News Foundation. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/31\/america-first-legal-requests-investigation-into-the-biden-administrations-afghanistan-withdrawal-demands-answers-on-vetting-of-evacuees\/\">(RELATED: America First Legal Requests Investigation Into The Biden Administration\u2019s Afghanistan Withdrawal, Demands Answers On \u2018Vetting\u2019 Of Evacuees)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7273729\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"34\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7273729\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7273729\" src=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1228463900-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Former Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meet with Middle Eastern counterparts for Afghanistan peace talks on Sept. 12. (Karim Jaafar\/AFP via Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1228463900-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1228463900-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1228463900-620x413-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1228463900-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1228463900-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1228463900-2048x1365-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7273729\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meet with Middle Eastern counterparts for Afghanistan peace talks on Sept. 12. (Karim Jaafar\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4><strong>\u201cWe\u2019ll go back so fast\u201d<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>On Feb. 29, 2020, Pompeo <a href=\"https:\/\/trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov\/briefings-statements\/president-donald-j-trump-taking-historic-step-achieve-peace-afghanistan-bring-troops-home\/\">signed<\/a> the peace agreement with Taliban leaders. The White House said the administration would be \u201cwatching the Taliban closely to ensure compliance,\u201d and Trump said he would send troops back into Afghanistan if the agreement was broken.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to congratulate everybody. I really believe the Taliban wants to do something to show that we\u2019re not all wasting time,\u201d Trump said <a href=\"https:\/\/trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov\/briefings-statements\/remarks-president-trump-vice-president-pence-members-coronavirus-task-force-press-conference-2\/\">during<\/a> a speech after the agreement was signed. \u201cIf bad things happen, we\u2019ll go back. I let the people know: We\u2019ll go back and we\u2019ll go back so fast, and we\u2019ll go back with a force like nobody has ever seen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The deal had two central conditions that the Taliban appeared to violate in recent months. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/30\/isis-terrorists-afghanistan-number-kenneth-mckenzie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Number Of ISIS Terrorists In Afghanistan \u2018As High As It\u2019s Ever Been,\u2019 Top General Says)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First, the Taliban agreed to conduct negotiations with the Afghan government for establishing a peaceful government, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Agreement-For-Bringing-Peace-to-Afghanistan-02.29.20.pdf\">according<\/a> to the text of the agreement. Second, all sides agreed to a ceasefire to allow negotiations to take place, as part of the deal.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7273730\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"33\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7273730\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7273730\" src=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-858033764-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"President Donald Trump discusses Afghanistan with senior military leaders in October 2017. (Andrew Harrer\/Pool\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-858033764-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-858033764-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-858033764-620x413-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-858033764-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-858033764-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-858033764-2048x1366-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7273730\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Donald Trump discusses Afghanistan with senior military leaders in October 2017. (Andrew Harrer\/Pool\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Over the last several months, the Taliban has <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/13\/taliban-afghanistan-kabul-joe-biden-white-house\/\">swept through Afghan provinces<\/a>, violently claiming the territory. Taliban fighters invaded the capital city of Kabul in August and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/15\/taliban-fighters-enter-kabul-afghan-president-ashraf-ghani-flees\/\">forcefully laid claim<\/a> to the presidential palace without participating in any negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>After the key takeovers, Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/08\/joe-biden-afghanistan-remarks-stay-out-region-trusts-afghan-military\/\">doubled down<\/a> on the withdrawal plan. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/28\/pentagon-confirms-two-high-profile-isis-targets-killed-drone-strike-one-wounded\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Pentagon Confirms: Two \u2018High Profile\u2019 ISIS Targets Killed In Drone Strike, One More Wounded)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Taliban didn\u2019t violate a third condition, which stipulated that the group couldn\u2019t attack American forces as they left Afghanistan. The last combat death before an ISIS affiliate <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/26\/united-states-marines-killed-kabul-afghanistan-attack\/\">conducted<\/a> an attack killing 13 American soldiers last week occurred before the agreement was signed, Reuters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-afghanistan-military-idUSKBN20304P\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7273731\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"33\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7273731\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7273731\" src=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1234971277-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Members of the Taliban special forces military unit arrive at the Kabul airport on Aug. 31 where the U.S. conducted a massive evacuation operation. (Wakil Kohsar\/AFP via Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1234971277-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1234971277-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1234971277-620x413-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1234971277-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1234971277-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1234971277-2048x1366-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7273731\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the Taliban special forces military unit arrive at the Kabul airport on Aug. 31 where the U.S. conducted a massive evacuation operation. (Wakil Kohsar\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Biden administration, which repeatedly said its <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/17\/joe-biden-blame-afghanistan-kabul-withdrawal\/\">hands were tied<\/a> because of the Trump deal, ultimately forged ahead with the withdrawal despite these violations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United States, in the last administration, made an agreement that the \u2014 with the Taliban to remove all our forces by May 1 of this past \u2014 of this year. That\u2019s what I inherited,\u201d Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2021\/07\/08\/remarks-by-president-biden-on-the-drawdown-of-u-s-forces-in-afghanistan\/\">said<\/a> on July 8.<\/p>\n<p>Biden didn\u2019t mention the conditions of the agreement during his remarks. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/27\/us-military-responds-airstrike-afghanistan-isis-k-deadly-terror-attack-kabul\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: US Launches Air Strike Against \u2018ISIS-K\u2019 Planner In Afghanistan After Deadly Terror Attack)&nbsp;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis withdrawal and the nature of this exit is not a victory for America,\u201d Pompeo <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mikepompeo\/status\/1432793249341706248\">tweeted<\/a> Tuesday. \u201cLeaders around the world are questioning if America will be a good ally, and our adversaries are seeing weakness from this Administration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Trump administration signed a conditions-based agreement \u201cfor bringing peace to Afghanistan\u201d with the Taliban last year, the precursor to the disastrous withdrawal over which President Joe Biden presided. \u201cWe &#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-706028","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\/706028","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=706028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706028\/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=706028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=706028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=706028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}