{"id":794530,"date":"2021-09-20T11:59:27","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T15:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=794530"},"modified":"2021-09-20T11:59:29","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T15:59:29","slug":"pompeo-on-afghanistan-a-debacle-that-didnt-have-to-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pompeo-on-afghanistan-a-debacle-that-didnt-have-to-be\/","title":{"rendered":"Pompeo on Afghanistan: A debacle that didn\u2019t have to be"},"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%2Fpompeo-on-afghanistan-a-debacle-that-didnt-have-to-be%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=794530&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_2525032\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2525032\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Then-U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers his speech during the \u201cAdvancing and Defending International Religious Freedom Through Diplomacy\u201d symposium, in Rome, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020. (Guglielmo Mangiapane\/Pool Photo via AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 8:49 AM PT \u2013 Monday, September 20, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo slammed the Biden administration while asserting leaders aren\u2019t prepared to protect America\u2019s interests. During an <a href=\"https:\/\/catsroundtable.com\/former-us-secretary-of-state-mike-pompeo-foreign-policy-report-from-around-the-world-china-afghanistan-korea\/\">interview<\/a> Sunday, he criticized a number of decisions made by the administration on Afghanistan, including what resulted in the deaths of civilians and Americans in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a debacle that didn\u2019t have to be and has real ramifications for American security as we move forward,\u201d Pompeo stated. \u201cThe threat from terrorism from abroad is certainly increased now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added what occurred after the set date to leave the country was a sign of \u201cstubbornness\u201d on behalf of Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe could see that the Taliban were going to take over and the government in Kabul was going to fall; he chose not to respond to make sure we had the resources necessary to get Americans out,\u201d said the former U.S. Secretary of State. \u201cIt\u2019s incomprehensible to me. It\u2019s certainly not the plan the Trump administration had. They tore that up and, instead, made a hasty exit for the doors and you can see we\u2019ve now got Americans and people who helped America and that we\u2019ve made promises to, still held inside of that country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While many have questioned if the Taliban were simply better equipped than the Afghan government, Pompeo disagrees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Talban are fighting for something they are prepared to die for and when the corrupt political leadership in Afghanistan, President (Ashraf ) Ghani and others fled the country, it caused a cataclysmic political failure,\u201d he stated. \u201cAnd the resulting of the disintegration of the Afghan military, much to the detriment of the women and children there in Afghanistan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As people in the country now try to adjust under Taliban rule, Afghanistan is close to economic collapse. Due to a large portion of the international community refusing to acknowledge the Taliban as the new governmental power in the country, which the Taliban have renamed an Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, monetary assistance is diminishing.<\/p>\n<p>Some worry that as the economy worsens, unrest could cause the Taliban to push back against an already fragile country.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/report-biden-state-dept-problematic-in-rescue-efforts-from-afghanistan\/\">Report: Biden State Dept. \u2018Problematic\u2019 In Rescue Efforts From Afghanistan<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Then-U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers his speech during the \u201cAdvancing and Defending International Religious Freedom Through Diplomacy\u201d symposium, in Rome, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020. 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