Ex-Navy SEAL Who Killed Bin Laden Slams Biden: ‘I Don’t Negotiate With The Taliban, I Kill Them’

Former Navy SEAL Rob O’Neill slammed U.S. President Joe Biden’s negotiations with the Taliban to get American citizens and vulnerable Afghans out of Kabul, stating that it’s not a difficult task to just “kill” the militants instead of trying to cut a deal with the extremist group.

In an appearance on Fox Business’ “Varney & Co.” on Monday, O’Neill said the Biden administration “better be prepared to fight,” adding that if he was in the president’s shoes, he wouldn't talk to them. “I don’t negotiate with the Taliban, I kill them. It’s not, it’s really not that hard.” O’Neill, who fired the killing shot at Al Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden during the SEALs' raid at the latter's hideout in Pakistan's Abbottabad, added that it’s time for the U.S. to “step up” and “fight the enemy.”

O’Neill said dropping a date for getting the U.S. military presence out of Afghanistan wasn’t the best move. He said it would have been better if the strategy was to “get out guys when we get them and do it the way we want to do it.”

The former Navy SEAL’s comments came amid increasing criticism of Biden following what is considered a hasty and disorganized pullout of U.S. troops and staff from the troubled country.

Another retired Navy SEAL, Derrick Van Orden, echoed O’Neill’s sentiments, but turned his criticism toward Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. “These folks’ primary duty is to advise the president of the United States on diplomatic military matters, and they’ve abjectly failed that,” Van Orden said during an appearance on “Fox & Friends,” the Washington Examiner reported.

Meanwhile, the U.S. military has reportedly advised Biden to make a decision by Tuesday on an extension of evacuation proceedings in Afghanistan beyond the Aug. 31 deadline that should see all U.S. military presence end in the country.

An unidentified defense official told CNN that Biden has yet to make a decision. The official said military advisers told the Biden administration a decision must be made soon to give adequate time to withdraw thousands of U.S. troops and equipment still in Afghanistan. A spokesperson for the Taliban said earlier Monday that if U.S. forces are still in the country by the end of the month, “our leadership will take proper and necessary decision[s].”

During a weekend speech, Biden said evacuating at-risk Afghans and U.S. troops will be “hard and painful.” Officials are expecting the process of evacuating thousands stranded in the country will take more days, but a Taliban official said no extension has been sought from the U.S. so far, adding that a plea for an extension would not be granted at this point.