Republicans Offer Double-Edged Praise of Biden’s Operation Killing Terrorist Ayman al-Zawahiri

Joe Biden’s Monday night announcement that the United States had killed al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was met with praise across the partisan divide—but not without Republicans throwing some barbs at the president’s past foreign policy decision. Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell said Biden “deserves credit” for the strike, but added that al-Zawahiri’s presence in Kabul shows that “Afghanistan is again becoming a major thicket of terrorist activity following the president’s decision to withdraw U.S. forces.” Rep. Michael McCaul, the top GOP member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, echoed the criticism. “Our chaotic and deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan opened the… Read Full Article