Chris Wallace presses Blinken on Biden’s seemingly contradictory remarks

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Speaking to Blinken on “Fox News Sunday,” Wallace pointed out that since the Taliban took Kabul, Biden said there was no threat from al Qaeda in Afghanistan. Wallace noted that United Nations reports indicated that Al Qaeda has a presence in at least 15 of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces.

“Al-Qaeda’s ability to do what it did on September 11, to attack us, to attack our partners our allies in Afghanistan, is drastically, drastically diminished,” Blinken said. “Are there any members and remnants of al-Qaeda in Afghanistan? Yes, but what the president was referring to was his ability to do what he did on September 11, and that ability was successfully diminished.

Wallace also lobbied Blinken on Biden’s claim that no ally has criticized the United States for the way its withdrawal has been handled, pointing fingers at European leaders such as commission chairman Tom Tugendhat. Foreign Affairs Minister of the British Parliament, which lambasted Biden’s remarks and actions in the withdrawal.

Wallace asked Blinken if Biden was fully aware of what was going on on the international front.

“Chris, all I can tell you is what I heard. And, again, this is a powerful and moving time for a lot of allies and partners, like me, like for us, “Blinken replied. “But I have also heard about it, I have heard in all fields, deep gratitude and thanks from allies and partners for all that we have done to put our allies and partners out of harm’s way.”

“There will be a lot of time to look back to figure out who was saying what when, what should have gone differently, a lot of time for that,” Blinken said after Wallace continued to push him on seemingly contradictory remarks coming up. of the White House.

Biden faces an avalanche of negative headlines and criticism from members of his own party regarding the fall of the Afghan government.

The Defense Ministry said on Sunday it had ordered commercial airlines to provide airliners to aid in the evacuation of Kabul, a week after the Taliban entered the city.