On Sunday morning, South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham (right) was interviewed by Ed O’Keefe on the “Face the Nation” show. Graham is a senior member of the Senate Budget Committee and the committee responsible for funding the State Department and foreign operations. Speak with obvious emotion About the Biden administration Continual collapse It killed 13 soldiers in Afghanistan-and its foreshadowing of the future of the continental United States.
Graham said:
“Well, first, I won’t quit. I will let the counter-terrorism forces stay on the ground. Your reporter pointed out that when we have someone working with the indigenous forces on the ground, this is the best insurance to prevent another 9/11 incident Single. I will let the Taliban comply with the conditions set out in the agreement with Trump.
But let me tell you where I think we are. This is a catalyst—disaster—, just an exhibition beyond my ability to describe it. These few days have been very emotional for all of us. The horrible parade is about to unfold.
We leave behind thousands of Afghan allies who fought bravely with us. We will leave hundreds of American citizens behind. Another 9/11 opportunity has just passed the roof. These drone attacks will not weaken ISIS. The number of ISIS fighters has doubled. We have turned our backs on the allies who will help us in our future. ” […]
He continued:
“President Biden said he wanted to remove this-Afghanistan from the future president. He did the opposite. In the next 20 years, the President of the United States will deal with this disaster in Afghanistan.
This war is not over yet. We have entered a new deadly chapter. The terrorists are now in charge of Afghanistan. “
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) criticized Biden’s handling of Afghanistan: “Pres. Biden said he wanted to remove the issue of Afghanistan from the future president. He did exactly the opposite. In the following In 20 years, the President of the United States will deal with this disaster.” pic.twitter.com/iQKVzDGxsZ
-Face the Nation (@FaceTheNation) August 29, 2021
Later in the interview, the senator first hedged against the “consequences” that Biden should face.
Part of his answer is:
“I think he should face a lot of consequences here because he wants to do one thing and he is a decent person, not he is a decent person. He wants to end the war in Afghanistan and make sure that we don’t have to deal with it in the future. it.”
But in recent days, when O’Keeffe put pressure directly, he finally joined the voices of other Republican lawmakers, calling on Biden to face impeachment proceedings.
“Yes, I think–
Yes. Yes, I think that leaving hundreds of Americans behind enemy lines, turning them into hostages, abandoning the thousands of Afghans who are fighting gloriously around us, and creating conditions for another 9/11 incident that has now broken out is a kind of negligence.
Yes, I think he was negligent when he was commander-in-chief. I don’t think he got bad advice and accepted it. I think he ignored reasonable suggestions.
This is Joe Biden becoming Joe Biden. He has been like this for 40 years, but now he is commander-in-chief. He is not a senator. He is not the vice president. These are the decisions of the commander-in-chief. I think you can use the highest level of malfeasance to describe him as the best way to say it. “
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) suggested that President Biden should be impeached for his handling of Afghanistan: “I think he was negligent when he was commander-in-chief.” pic.twitter.com/lo1OcWiDa1
-Face the Nation (@FaceTheNation) August 29, 2021
As RedState did before, he also mocked the White House (and the Pentagon) for using “boring words”On the horizon,” said, “…you cannot destroy ISIS’s will through drone attacks. You have to let the people on the ground fight these people day after day. You can’t do this on the horizon. “
In the end, the senator threw away the hammer, confirming that he believed Biden “should take a lot of responsibility” because he deliberately ignored our Supreme Military Leader’s proposal for the downsizing of Afghanistan, and added that the former vice president will be in charge for him. The behavior here pays a price.
“I believe it will come,” Graham said.
