Lindsey Graham: Obama’s Afghanistan Strategy Risks Ruining Momentum We Achieved

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham does not approve of President Obama’s latest foreign policy strategy, arguing that the President’s decision to withdraw 30,000 troops from Afghanistan “may have undercut the momentum’ we achieved in the last year. “Things were moving in the right direction,” Graham suggests, but now he believes all might be lost.

Graham elaborates on his doubts:

“Here’s what I fear. This announcement of an accelerated withdrawal, which was not recommended by the generals, this is now the Obama-Biden strategy, no military leader recommended the decision the president chose. . . . My fear is people will look at this as a withdrawal, not transition.”

Such a strategy creates unnecessary risk according to Graham, and he concludes, “I hope I’m wrong. Time will tell.” Graham and fellow Republican Senator John McCain often seem to be unhappy with Obama’s policy in various foreign countries, but given that even many Republicans are parting ways with the McCain/Graham idea that a massive amount of troops must remain in Afghanistan, maybe Obama won’t need to worry too much about Graham’s criticism here. Although Graham is definitely right about one thing – time will tell.

Watch the clip from Fox below:

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