{"id":747285,"date":"2021-09-13T10:20:25","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T14:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=747285"},"modified":"2021-09-13T10:20:28","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T14:20:28","slug":"sen-lindsey-graham-lays-out-the-three-things-he-would-ask-blinken-about-biggest-blunder-since-9-11%e2%80%b2-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-lindsey-graham-lays-out-the-three-things-he-would-ask-blinken-about-biggest-blunder-since-9-11%e2%80%b2-in-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Lindsey Graham Lays Out The Three Things He Would Ask Blinken About \u2018Biggest Blunder Since 9\/11\u2032 In Afghanistan\u2019"},"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\">38<\/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%2Fsen-lindsey-graham-lays-out-the-three-things-he-would-ask-blinken-about-biggest-blunder-since-9-11%25e2%2580%25b2-in-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=747285&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 Monday outlined the three things he would ask Secretary of State Antony Blinken when the top Biden administration official faces questions about the Afghanistan withdrawal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people that we took out of Afghanistan how many were vetted before they got on the plane, what are you going to do with them, how are you going to vet them now that we\u2019ve got them?\u201d Graham said, beginning the segment with \u201cFox &amp; Friends\u201d host Brian Kilmeade. Blinken is <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/06\/antony-blinken-will-testify-afghanistan-withdrawal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">scheduled to appear<\/a> before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Monday and Tuesday before Senate Foreign Relations. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/12\/former-green-beret-rep-mike-waltz-taliban-pulling-young-boys-killing-eradicate-future-opposition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Former Green Beret Rep. Waltz: \u2018Taliban Are \u2026 Pulling Out Young Boys And Killing Them\u2019 To Eradicate Any Future Opposition)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre you going to recognize the Taliban, are you going to give any aid to the Taliban, and how many people did we leave behind that helped us during the last 20 years?\u201d the senator continued. \u201cAnd how many Americans and their families are left behind?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Graham argued that the most pressing question facing the Biden administration is how America deals with the Taliban. \u201cDo you recognize them as the legitimate government of Afghanistan, if you do you set in motion a disaster throughout the world,\u201d the senator claimed, noting that \u201cthey\u2019re terrorists.\u201d He also called the Afghanistan withdrawal the \u201cbiggest blunder since 9\/11.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Graham promised to introduce legislation that would establish the Taliban as \u201ca foreign terrorist organization,\u201d saying that he would \u201cbleed the Taliban dry\u201d and wait for a civil war to emerge in Afghanistan and then back those opposing them. Graham suggested it was essential to watch Afghanistan for any \u201crise in al-Qaida.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The senator predicted that the Biden administration is \u201cgoing to embrace the Taliban\u201d and recognize the terrorist group as the legitimate government of Afghanistan, something he insisted will put \u201cAmericans all over the world at risk.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/11\/disturbing-gen-jack-keane-leaving-taliban-control-afghanistan-looms-heavy-over-9-11-anniversary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018ISIS Will Have An Opportunity To Grow\u2019: Gen. Jack Keane Says Leaving Taliban In Control Of Afghanistan \u2018Looms Heavy\u2019 Over 9\/11 Anniversary)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7278388\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"38\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7278388\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7278388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1234848195-scaled-e1631127838651.jpg\" alt=\"TOPSHOT - Refugees queue on the tarmac after disembarking from an evacuation flight from Kabul, at the Torrejon de Ardoz air base, 30 km from Madrid, on August 24, 2021. - Spain has been evacuating its nationals and local contractors from Afghanistan via Dubai since the Taliban swept to power ten days ago. Another 420 people are expected to arrive in Spain on August 24, 2021, including 290 people from Dubai and 130 who are expected to leave on a Spanish military plane from Kabul. (Photo by PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU \/ AFP) (Photo by PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU\/AFP via Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1234848195-scaled-e1631127838651.jpg 2502w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1234848195-scaled-e1631127838651-279x120.jpg 279w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1234848195-scaled-e1631127838651-620x266.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1234848195-scaled-e1631127838651-768x330.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1234848195-scaled-e1631127838651-1536x659.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1234848195-scaled-e1631127838651-2048x879.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2502px) 100vw, 2502px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7278388\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Refugees queue on the tarmac after disembarking from an evacuation flight from Kabul, at the Torrejon de Ardoz airbase, 30 km from Madrid, on Aug. 24, 2021.&nbsp; (Photo by PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Graham remains a staunch advocate of a U.S. military presence in Afghanistan and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/27\/sen-lindsey-graham-joe-biden-hannity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">has said<\/a> that if the U.S. abandons that country, it can expect another terrorist attack along the lines of 9\/11.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate Armed Services Committee&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/09\/senate-armed-services-committee-hold-open-hearings-testimony-lloyd-austin-mark-milley-kenneth-mckenzie-jack-reed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">has also invited<\/a>&nbsp;Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley to attend an open hearing in order to answer questions about the Afghanistan withdrawal.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/29\/blinken-us-never-gave-taliban-lists-names-then-details-lists-names-us-gave-taliban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Secretary of State<\/a>\u2019s testimony on the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/01\/biden-white-house-spin-dodge-what-went-wrong-afghanistan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Afghanistan<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/05\/mark-milley-afghanistan-civil-war-al-qaeda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">withdrawal<\/a> follows his September 5-8 trip to Doha, Qatar and Ramstein, Germany. The State Department described the trip as a way for Blinken to thank American allies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham Monday outlined the three things he would ask Secretary of State Antony Blinken when the top Biden administration official faces questions about the Afghanistan &#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-747285","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\/747285","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=747285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747285\/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=747285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=747285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=747285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}