Biden Defends Troop Withdrawal: ‘We Did Not Go to Afghanistan to Nation-Build’

President Joe Biden is defending the nation’s troop withdrawal from 🇦🇫Afghanistan, saying the United States achieved its objectives.

“The United States did what we went to do in 🇦🇫Afghanistan, to get the terrorists who attacked us on 9/11 and deliver justice to Osama Bin Laden and to degrade the terrorist threat to keep 🇦🇫Afghanistan from becoming a base in which attacks could be continued against the United States,” Biden said while delivering remarks on Thursday.

He continued, “We achieved those objectives. That’s why we went. We did not go to 🇦🇫Afghanistan to nation-build, and it is the right and the responsibility of Afghan people alone to decide their future and how they want to run their country.”

Check out his remarks below:

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki indicated earlier on Thursday the United States did not complete its mission.

“We’re not going to have a mission accomplished moment in this regard. It’s a 20-year war that has not been won militarily. We are proud of the men and women who have served, incredibly grateful,” Psaki