Senator Lindsey Graham argued on Monday that former President Donald Trump would not let the chaos in Afghanistan happen and criticized President Joe Biden for not adapting to the situation.
In an interview with Fox News’ American Report, the South Carolina Republican slammed President Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, comparing him to a “deer under a headlight”.
“This is the era of presidential leadership. But the problem with President Biden is that he doesn’t understand the nature of war. He is like a deer under a headlight, unable to adjust,” Graham said, according to reports. Fox News.
The South Carolina Republican also argued that if this leads to chaos, Trump will not make a decision to withdraw troops.
“Although you want to criticize President Trump, he decided to withdraw troops in Syria. When he saw what was about to happen, he changed his mind. He carried out a condition-based withdrawal in Afghanistan. I believe this is Trang. President Pulp will not let this happen,” he said.
On Monday afternoon, President Biden insisted that as part of his efforts to end the country’s 20 years of war, he made the right decision to withdraw troops, after which Graham made the comments.
“I firmly support my decision. Twenty years later, I learned with difficulty that there has never been a good time to withdraw troops,” Biden said in an interview. speech In the East Room of the White House on Monday afternoon, he added that the mission of the US military is always to prevent terrorist attacks on the motherland.
Biden later accused the Afghan military of failing to defend the Taliban, saying that the country’s leaders did not accept suggestions on how they should prepare for a civil war.
“We provided them with all the tools they might need. We paid their salaries. We provided maintenance services for their aircraft,” Biden said. “We gave them every opportunity to decide their future. What we can’t provide is the will to fight for that future.”
Taliban replace After the Afghan government “handed over” to militants at the presidential palace on Sunday, it led to Chaos at Kabul Airport And roads, as thousands of residents tried to flee the capital.
Images taken from Al Jazeera TV in Qatar show that Taliban members control the presidential palace in Kabul
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