Nikki Haley drew an intensely negative reaction to her op-ed bashing President Joe Biden's handling of the Afghanistan withdrawal.
The former ambassador to the United Nations tried to shift blame for the crisis away from former president Donald Trump's peace agreement with the Taliban during an appearance Sunday on CBS's "Face the Nation," and she followed up the next day with a Washington Post column that doesn't even mention the administration she served.
"The United States should refuse recognition until the Taliban proves over many years that it's part of the civilized world," Haley wrote. "There's precedent for holding back. It took 30 years for the United States to recognize Communist China and 20 years to recognize Communist Vietnam. In other cases, we never acknowledged the claims of horrible regimes and rulers, such as Pol Pot in Cambodia. Given what we know and what's happening now, the Taliban should be treated no differently."
The piece didn't go over well.
Hmph. But you didn't believe this when Trump negotiated with the Taliban. Trump negotiated with the Taliban without the Afghan government in the room.pic.twitter.com/IOJlu9DUns— KD (@KD) 1629724283
She sung a different tune when it was herpic.twitter.com/oXfZmOrx9c— Steve (@Steve) 1629724069
Why didn\u2019t she write this a couple years ago?pic.twitter.com/5HgKr43Z7v— Grey_Obelisk (@Grey_Obelisk) 1629723671
Nikki always has been on the slow side of things.pic.twitter.com/PWfPe3rzEz— Bruce E (@Bruce E) 1629723944
She added \u201cwe must not recognize them now. I mean we did recognize them last year when my friends were in charge. But now that I can use this to my political advantage since most people don\u2019t pay attention past 3-5 days, I am going all in on this \u2018new\u2019 opinion.\u201d— 37 Acorns (@37 Acorns) 1629723748
Does Haley follow the news at all?pic.twitter.com/6ZRiRbEZfi— Michael Banach (@Michael Banach) 1629723751
First, we need a time machine to undo @NikkiHaley's bad decisions.pic.twitter.com/FS6SE4rbSx— Nightmusic @\ud83c\udfe1 (@Nightmusic @\ud83c\udfe1) 1629724218
Seems irresponsible for @washingtonpost to publish this without requiring @NikkiHaley to at least acknowledge - and preferably justify why, given her critique of Biden - the withdrawal was initiated, negotiated, and signed w/ the Taliban during the Trump admin.\n\nDisappointing.— Travis (@Travis) 1629724828
Hey @NikkiHaley : this you?pic.twitter.com/DSmsVgeaSS— JB is Vaxed & Ready 4 Summer (@JB is Vaxed & Ready 4 Summer) 1629724240
