{"id":726854,"date":"2021-09-07T12:51:19","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T16:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=726854"},"modified":"2021-09-07T12:51:21","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T16:51:21","slug":"condoleezza-rice-i-dont-believe-it-was-time-to-withdraw-from-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/condoleezza-rice-i-dont-believe-it-was-time-to-withdraw-from-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Condoleezza Rice: I don\u2019t believe it was time to withdraw from Afghanistan"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fcondoleezza-rice-i-dont-believe-it-was-time-to-withdraw-from-afghanistan%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=726854&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_2511998\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2511998\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">File \u2013 Then- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is pictured. (AP Photo)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 9:40 AM PT \u2013 Tuesday, September 7, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Veterans of the U.S. National Security apparatus have warned the Biden administration withdrew from Afghanistan too early and too chaotically. During a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jUhpoXEvGQM\">interview<\/a>, Dr. Condoleezza Rice, who served as National Security Advisor and Secretary of State to former President George W. Bush, analyzed the flaws leading up to the Afghanistan crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Rice stressed pulling out in the heat of summer was a poor decision while claiming it took place towards the Taliban\u2019s \u201cfighting season.\u201d She added, a more effective pullout could have taken place during the winter months when the Taliban and other terrorist organizations retreat to the mountains of Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>Rice also took aim at Joe Biden for ordering troops to leave before civilians while arguing the move hindered U.S. capability of evacuating Americans and allies effectively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it would have been wise to hang on to Bagram, maybe even some of our other several airfields that we had there. So that transport of people out could have been slower, more orderly, could have taken place from more secure locations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former top U.S. diplomat then urged Americans not to dismiss the original goals of the war in Afghanistan. She pointed out the deployment of troops to the country were a response to Al-Qaeda\u2019s attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon in 2001.<\/p>\n<p>Rice went on to claim the Bush administration\u2019s main goal was to deter and prevent another terrorist attack on U.S. soil. She touted the U.S. military did well in orchestrating efforts to achieve this end.<\/p>\n<p>However, in response to criticisms over Bush\u2019s desire to \u201cnation build,\u201d Rice claimed Bush aimed to create a strong and stable government in Afghanistan that could work with the U.S. to eradicate terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat people don\u2019t understand about so-called nation building is that if you are going to prevent a place from returning to terrorism once you\u2019ve killed the first wave of terrorist, it has to be something of a somewhat stable government,\u201d she explained. \u201cYou have to try and create circumstances under which you can work with partners as we\u2019ve been doing for 20-years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rice reiterated her position that now is not the time to retreat from Afghanistan as she believes a U.S. presence in the country greatly benefited the Afghan people and the strategic interests of America.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn Afghanistan in which we were present, I think, was good for the Afghan people,\u201d she stated. \u201cIt did do good things for woman, it did do good things for the Afghan people having suffered under the horrors of the Taliban.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rice\u2019s comments come as hundreds of Americans and allies are stuck in Afghanistan as they wait for the State Department to help get them get out of the country, which is now being run by the Taliban.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/afghan-debacle-witness-says-taliban-isis-k-are-the-same-group\/\">Afghan Debacle Witness Says Taliban, ISIS-K Are The Same Group<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>File \u2013 Then- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is pictured. 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