Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL) gave CNN anchor Dana Bash no quarter when she attempted to lay the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan at form President Donald Trump’s feet: “It’s a bunch of B.S.”
Bash argued that President Joe Biden was simply following through on a deal that Trump had put into place before he left the White House, but Waltz quickly pushed back, noting that the deal Trump made had been conditional and the Biden-Harris administration had pushed ahead even after the Taliban stood in violation of those conditions.
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“As you well know, the Trump administration negotiated the withdrawal agreement from Afghanistan with the Taliban and the State Department —” Bash began, but Waltz stopped her cold.
“A conditional agreement, Dana,” he corrected. “A conditional agreement, and he left Bagram Air Base, he left 2,500 troops, his advisers came to him and said the Taliban haven’t lived up to it. And he said fine, the deal’s off.”
“So how is it that the Democrats can back away from the Iran deal, from the border, from Keystone XL, can turn the page on literally dozens of Trump policies, but yet they’re gonna convince us that they were somehow handcuffed with a Doha agreement that Trump himself said the Taliban didn’t live up to — it’s a bunch of BS! And they know it. And to not acknowledge that is a slap in the face to the veterans and the Gold Star families,” Waltz continued.
President Joe Biden has repeatedly boasted about “ending the war” in Afghanistan despite receiving harsh criticisms from both sides over his administration’s chaotic execution of the troop withdrawal. His decision to pull troops from Afghanistan prior to assisting with evacuations forced military leaders to abandon Bagram Air Base and instead move all traffic through the major airport in Kabul — the airport where a terrorist attack then killed 13 American service members and injured hundreds.
In addition to the human cost, the Biden-Harris administration also left behind billions of dollars in American supplies and equipment — some of which the Taliban recently flaunted in a parade celebrating the United States’ departure.
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