{"id":880015,"date":"2021-10-14T16:29:38","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T20:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=880015"},"modified":"2021-10-14T16:29:42","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T20:29:42","slug":"obamas-defense-secretary-unloads-on-biden-watching-disaster-in-afghanistan-made-me-physically-sick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obamas-defense-secretary-unloads-on-biden-watching-disaster-in-afghanistan-made-me-physically-sick\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama\u2019s Defense Secretary Unloads On Biden: Watching Disaster In Afghanistan Made Me Physically Sick"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fobamas-defense-secretary-unloads-on-biden-watching-disaster-in-afghanistan-made-me-physically-sick%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=880015&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>Robert Gates, the secretary of defense under former President Barack Obama, said that President Joe Biden\u2019s disastrous pullout from Afghanistan made him physically sick to watch because it did not have to be as bad as it was.<\/p>\n<p>Gates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/video\/2019\/05\/13\/gates_stands_by_statement_that_biden_has_been_wrong_on_nearly_every_major_foreign_policy_question.html\">warned<\/a> back in 2019 that Biden was had been \u201cwrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gates made his new remarks about the disaster in Afghanistan during an interview with CBS News\u2019 \u201c60 Minutes,\u201d which is set to air on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was really tough for a few days there, I actually wasn\u2019t feeling very well,\u201d Gates said. \u201cAnd I realized it was because of what was happening in Kabul. And I was just so low about the way it had ended if you will, and, and I guess the other, the other feeling that I had was that it probably did not need to have turned out that way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When co-host Anderson Cooper brought up that Biden said any withdrawal is messy, Gates responded, \u201cCertainly the military considers the withdraw the most dangerous part of an operation, but, but they really had a lot of time to plan, beginning with the deal that President Trump cut with the Taliban, so that was in February of 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce President Biden reaffirmed that there was going to be a firm deadline date,\u201d Gates added. \u201cThat\u2019s the point at which I think they should have begun bringing these people out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Robert Gates says watching the Afghanistan withdrawal sickened him\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z5QdxYES3pA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>TRANSCRIPT:<\/p>\n<p><em>ROBERT GATES, FORMER OBAMA SECRETARY OF DEFENSE: It was really tough for a few days there, I actually wasn\u2019t feeling very well. And I realized it was because of what was happening in Kabul. And I was just so low about the way it had ended, if you will, and, and I guess the other, the other feeling that I had was that it probably did not need to have turned out that way.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>ANDERSON COOPER, \u201960 MINUTES\u2019 CO-HOST:&nbsp; Well President Biden, said&nbsp;any withdrawal is messy.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>GATES: Certainly the military considers the withdraw the most dangerous part of an operation, but, but they really had a lot of time to plan, beginning with the deal that President Trump cut with the Taliban, so that was in February of 2020.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>COOPER [VOICE OVER]: Robert Gates, who oversaw the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan from 2006 to 2011, told us President Trump failed to plan properly for the evacuation of Afghans who would<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Gates, the secretary of defense under former President Barack Obama, said that President Joe Biden\u2019s disastrous pullout from Afghanistan made him physically sick to watch because it did not have to be as bad as it was.Gates warned back in 2019 that Biden was had been \u201cwrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades.\u201dGates made his new remarks about the disaster in Afghanistan during an interview with CBS News\u2019 \u201c60 Minutes,\u201d which is set to air on Sunday.\u201cIt was really tough for a few days there, I actually wasn\u2019t feeling very well,\u201d Gates said. \u201cAnd I realized it was because of what was happening in Kabul. And I was just so low about the way it had ended if you will, and, and I guess the other, the other feeling that I had was that it probably did not need to have turned out that way.\u201dWhen co-host Anderson Cooper brought up that Biden said any withdrawal is messy, Gates responded, \u201cCertainly the military considers the withdraw the most dangerous part of an operation, but, but they really had a lot of time to plan, beginning with the deal that President Trump cut with the Taliban, so that was in February of 2020.\u201d\u201cOnce President Biden reaffirmed that there was going to be a firm deadline date,\u201d Gates added. \u201cThat\u2019s the point at which I think they should have begun bringing these people out.\u201dWATCH:[embedded content]TRANSCRIPT:ROBERT GATES, FORMER OBAMA SECRETARY OF DEFENSE: It was really tough for a few days there, I actually wasn\u2019t feeling very well. And I realized it was because of what was happening in Kabul. And I was just so low about the way it had ended, if you will, and, and I guess the other, the other feeling that I had was that it probably did not need to have turned out that way.ANDERSON COOPER, \u201960 MINUTES\u2019 CO-HOST:\u00a0 Well President Biden, said\u00a0any withdrawal is messy.GATES: Certainly the military considers the withdraw the most dangerous part of an operation, but, but they really had a lot of time to plan, beginning with the deal that President Trump cut with the Taliban, so that was in February of 2020.COOPER [VOICE OVER]: Robert Gates, who oversaw the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan from 2006 to 2011, told us President Trump failed to plan properly for the evacuation of Afghans who would help the U.S. fight the Taliban. And gates also believes President Biden didn\u2019t act quickly enough after announcing in April, he was pushing back President Trump\u2019s deadline for the U.S. withdrawal by four months.[START VIDEO]JOE BIDEN, PRESIDENT: It\u2019s time for American troops to come home.[END VIDEO]GATES: Once President Biden reaffirmed that there was going to be a firm deadline date. That\u2019s the point at which I think they should have begun bringing these people out.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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