Republican defender Lindsey Graham loudly lamented President Joe Biden’s commitment to fully withdraw all US troops from Afghanistan by September, telling Fox News presenter Sean Hannity Tuesday night that the president is “paving the way” for another 9 / 11.
The new date set by Biden on Tuesday actually pushes back the original May 1 deadline, which was first set by former President Trump. Graham, a fierce ally of Trump, last year lobbied the ex-president privately to leave a small residual force in Afghanistan amid peace deals with the Taliban, an argument he reiterated Tuesday night.
“Our military told President Biden that if you withdraw all our troops, Al Qaeda and ISIS will come back, Afghanistan would fall into civil war, and we can all avoid that by having 3,000-5,000 US troops running ISIS and all. -Qaeda will never come back to hurt us, “said the South Carolina senator.” He has rejected that advice. Afghanistan will deteriorate pretty quickly, Al Qaeda and ISIS will come back, paving the way for another 9/11 . “