Tom Cotton warns Biden could face hostage crisis in Afghanistan similar to 1979 in Iran

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Sen. Cotton warns of hostage scenario developing in Afghanistan

Sen. Tom Cotton argues it would be a 'catastrophe' if the Taliban gains 'effective hostage control of thousands of Americans.'

Sen. Cotton, R-Ark., argued the dire situation in Afghanistan, as a result of Biden’s "catastrophic miscalculation," could resemble Tehran in 1979. Cotton joined "The Faulkner Focus," Thursday, and added "it would be a catastrophe" if the Taliban gathered "effective hostage control of thousands of Americans." 

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TOM COTTON: President Biden is confronting the consequences of his catastrophic miscalculation, of his horrific execution, of the decision to withdraw our troops from Afghanistan. And he is spinning that relentlessly to try to convince the American people that everything is OK, the Taliban's cooperating, they're acting like a civilized government when nothing could be further from the truth. In that ABC interview, he even had to be pressed to acknowledge that, yes, perhaps we'll stay on the ground past August 31st. But if our government can't even say how many American citizens we have, what's going to stop Joe Biden from rolling up things and flying out on August 31st with thousands of American citizens left behind?

Let me just say this, Harris. A lot of people have been speaking this week about comparisons to Saigon in 1975. What increasingly worries me is the scenario of Tehran in 1979 when 52 hostages held by the ayatollah paralyzed American foreign policy for more than a year. Imagine if the Taliban has effective hostage control of thousands of Americans who are stranded in Afghanistan. It would be a catastrophe.

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