"This is the same sort of isolationist view that Americans had when World Wars I and II started."
Maybe you missed Joe's warning yesterday?
Biden gave a grim speech to mark the conclusion of a grim conflict, alternately offering explanation, defiance and justification as he reiterated that “it was time to end this war” and promising anyone who attacks Americans that “we will hunt you down.”
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He continued: “To those asking for a third decade of war in Afghanistan, I ask: What is the vital national interest? . . . We succeeded in what we set out to do in Afghanistan over a decade ago. Then we stayed another decade.”
Biden returned again to the core arguments he has deployed throughout the withdrawal debate — that the war had long since run its course; that American national security objectives were accomplished years ago, including the 2011 killing of Osama bin Laden; that the Afghans need to govern and defend themselves; and that any extension of the war would only serve to put more Americans in harm’s way.
Biden in effect sought to turn the criticism on its head, saying his hasty withdrawal reflected a deep concern for the armed forces. He stressed the cost of the war for military families and said the departure would allow the United States to focus on its true adversaries, China and Russia.
more:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-war-over-afghan-rescue/2021/08/31/a388b88e-0a76-11ec-9781-07796ffb56fe_story.html
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