{"id":724360,"date":"2021-09-06T18:51:02","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T22:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=724360"},"modified":"2021-09-06T18:51:08","modified_gmt":"2021-09-06T22:51:08","slug":"u-k-opposition-leader-lack-of-western-leadership-led-to-afghan-fiasco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-k-opposition-leader-lack-of-western-leadership-led-to-afghan-fiasco\/","title":{"rendered":"U.K. opposition leader: Lack of Western leadership led to Afghan fiasco"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fu-k-opposition-leader-lack-of-western-leadership-led-to-afghan-fiasco%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=724360&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_2511306\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2511306\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Keir Starmer addresses the audience during the Labour Party Leadership hustings at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Durham, England. (Photo by Ian Forsyth\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 3:41 PM PT \u2013 Monday, September 6, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>British opposition leader Keir Starmer denounced Prime Minister Boris Johnson over the chaotic pullout of U.K. troops from Afghanistan. Speaking in Parliament today, Starmer said Johnson underestimated the strength of the Taliban.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a prime minister incapable of international leadership just when we needed it most,\u201d he asserted. \u201cI know it\u2019s uncomfortable. \u201d<\/p>\n<p>Starmer added the U.K. would have to admit thousands of Afghan refugees because of Downing Street being \u201ccomplacent and wrong.\u201d Meanwhile, conservative members of Parliament said Britain could replace the U.S. as the leader of the Western world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI ask the prime minister, would he agree there\u2019s now a void of leadership in the West and NATO?\u201d questioned Tobias Ellwood, Chair of the House of Commons Defence Select Committee. \u201cIf Britain wants to fill that void, as we should do, it will require a complete overhaul of Whitehall to upgrade our strategic thinking, our foreign policy output and our ability to lead.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">History will tell the tale of Operation Pitting as one of immense bravery.<\/p>\n<p>All those who contributed must be awarded medals for their bravery.<\/p>\n<p>Their story is made even more remarkable by the fact that whilst they were saving lives our political leadership was missing in action. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5GwuPpkHx9\">pic.twitter.com\/5GwuPpkHx9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Keir_Starmer\/status\/1434914918520741901?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, members of Parliament from both major parties agreed the U.K. must ramp up its defenses in the face of terror threats from ISIS and the Taliban.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/calif-city-holds-ceremony-to-honor-fallen-marine-kareem-nikoui\/\">Calif. City Holds Ceremony To Honor Fallen Marine Kareem Nikoui<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keir Starmer addresses the audience during the Labour Party Leadership hustings at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Durham, England. 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